Posted on 04/22/2015 1:45:07 PM PDT by GIdget2004
The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at curbing human trafficking, ending a monthlong fight over abortion that bitterly divided the parties and held up attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.
The legislation, which was approved 99-0, would create a special fund to help victims of sex crimes, bolstering efforts to combat what advocates decry as “modern-day slavery.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
So, what was the brouhaha all about? Everyone was for it anyway...
The Rats probably held it up in order to gain a promise on another bill.
So now they can proceed with the confirmation of loretta lynch aka holder II? Whooppeee! Another UPOS we’ll be supporting the rest of her useless life.
Good god, another fund. Where will all this money come from? (as if I didn’t know)
It was a language issue. Here’s what the article says:
“The deal that resolved the stalemate requires money for the the victims’ fund to come from two sources: criminal fines and money that Congress previously appropriated.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) touted the vote as a win for Republicans and anti-abortion groups, saying that under the agreement, the trafficking legislation “won’t violate longstanding, bipartisan Hyde precedent.”
Republicans also shot down a last-ditch effort by Democrats to strip the abortion provisions from the legislation, which, if successful, would have likely killed the bill.”
Exactly ...!!! It was over the nomination of Lynch.
Seems our repubs are no longer in charge of ANYTHING ..!!!
Kabuki
Yep, the RINOs traded a non-contested bill that had overwhelming support for a vote on Lynch whom conservatives hate.
Ted Cruz has already stated he plans to vote NO! to Lynch.
Wait what? 99 people voted out of how many in the Senate? Laws are being made by 99 people?
WTH?
There is 100 in the Senate
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