It's Time to Get Rid of the Legislative Filibuster - Terry Schilling

Town Hall - Terry Schilling



Congress is preparing to pass an Omnibus spending bill that will fund the government through the rest of fiscal year 2017. Democrats love the bill because it fully funds Planned Parenthood and specifically omits many of President Trump's legislative priorities, such as funding for his proposed border wall with Mexico.



House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi undoubtedly spoke for most Democrats when she praised the bill on Monday:



“We have eliminated more than 160 Republican poison pill riders, ranging from undermining a woman’s right to reproductive health to dismantling Dodd-Frank’s vital Wall Street consumer protections... The omnibus does not fund President Trump’s immoral and unwise border wall or create a cruel new deportation force.”



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