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GOP lawmaker says Flint deal shows ‘how Congress should work’

By Kyle Feldscher
Published September 29, 2016 8:32pm ET
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GOP lawmaker says Flint deal shows ‘how Congress should work’
Despite the fact that the money was heading to a Democratic district, Rep. John Moolenaar said the drinking water crisis in Flint represented a failure of government at all levels, including the federal government. That meant Congress had to make it right, despite the politics at play. (Screen shot)

A show of force from Republican Michigan lawmakers on the House floor to get funding for Flint, a traditionally Democratic city, was a sign of “how Congress should work,” a GOP lawmaker said Thursday.

Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., co-sponsored an amendment with Flint’s Democratic congressman, Rep. Dan Kildee, to get $170 million in federal aid added to the House version of the Water Resources Development Act. Moolenaar led a contingent of state Republicans who spoke on the floor and cajoled 101 of their GOP colleagues into supporting the amendment.

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