Speaker Boehner +40 others in Congress demand commercial flight bans from Ebola-stricken nations

UK Daily Mail ^ | 10-15-2014 | David Martosko

[tcrlaf]

-House speaker wants US airports closed to traffic from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

-35 other House members including three Democrats take the same position

-Five Republican senators demand travel bans to contain the Ebola virus

-Obama administration insists travel routes must stay open so planes can return to Africa with aid workers and relief supplies

-White House won't say why military aircraft can't be used instead

The Obama administration should ban all air travel to the United States from the three African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, say at least 41 members of Congress including three Democratic House members.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz, whose home state is ground zero for Ebola in North America, wrote Wednesday in a Texas Tribune op-ed that 'we all very much hope the virus will not spread any further in Texas. But hope is not a strategy.'

'Given the gravity of the threat, common sense dictates that it’s time to ban flights from the countries afflicted by Ebola.'

'There's no reason to allow ongoing commercial air traffic out of those countries,' he told the Dallas Morning News

[tcrlaf]

Title Shortened to fit. Original title:

House Speaker John Boehner and 40 others in Congress – including 3 Democrats – demand commercial flight bans from Ebola-stricken nations as White House tries to quell panic

Better late than never. Funny how different this headline is, than the one in US news sorces that plays this down, isn't it?

[lightman]

Who are the 40 patriots in Congress?

[gwgn02]

No he didn’t.

[CPT Clay]

Bump

[mylife]

Boy, Beener is right out of the gate on this one /S

[LostInBayport]

40...out of 435?

That’s not even 10%.

Who’s looking out for you? Hint: it ain’t Congress.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Not only banning flights from ebola infected countries, they need to ban all travelers from those countries, too.

[Christie at the beach]

What is taking them so long to say this. Let’s do it.

[Christie at the beach]

I was thinking the very same thing. 40 is not a lot.

[Balding_Eagle]

In political speak he did.

[Thorliveshere]

It’s Boehner involved....why am I suspicious?

[Jim Noble]

Who are the 40 patriots in Congress?

Who are the 498 enemies of the people?

[familyop]

"Speaker Boehner +40 others in Congress demand commercial flight bans from Ebola-stricken nations"

Need to ban all flights from airports in our "Ebola-stricken" states then. Probably should set up highway barricades and seal the borders between our states, too.

[windsorknot]

Stop jawboning and git ‘er done, dammit.

[Slyfox]

Hope is not a strategy.

What a concept.

[Kenny Bunk]

40 out of 500?

Boehner is a half-inch of rain in a dry year. If this drunken tyrant and Democrat enabler is not removed as speaker, the Republican Party will pass into history

[familyop]

"Not only banning flights from ebola infected countries, they need to ban all travelers from those countries, too."

Including our own Ebola-infected country.

[Cubs Fan]

The public overwhelingly supports a ban. yet only 40 can support the idea. wow. nice representation there.

[TheConservativeParty]

FRiend, pinging you to a related thread concerning congress critters and senators doing something. Maybe enough of us called?

Cheers