The Heat Is On Ryan and McConnell: Zika Is Here and the CDC Is Running Out Of Resources.

Zika is here and we are running out of resources to deal with it. There are more than 11,525 confirmed cases of Zika in America, and 1,400 of those are pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden announced on Wednesday that they will run out of resources to combat Zika by late September. If you recall, Republicans wouldn’t allow Zika funding unless Democrats also agreed to restrict funding for birth control via Planned Parenthood, cut veterans funding, take money from Obamacare, and continue letting the Confederate flag be flown at federal cemeteries. In other words, more hostage taking by Republicans. Then, before anything could be resolved, Republicans ran away a day early to take the longest recess in at least three decades. So Zika is unfunded. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is already exasperated, and in a statement said, “CDC Director Tom Frieden recently said, ‘we need Congress to act to allow us to respond effectively.’ When Congress reconvenes next week, it is critical that the Republican Leadership act swiftly to pass the Senate’s bipartisan Zika funding bill, which provides .1 billion in emergency resources to fight the Zika virus and contains no poison pills.” Mind you, President Obama requested emergency resources back in February, a fact Pelosi also reminded people of in her statement. “Expectant mothers, tourists, and families in Florida, Puerto Rico and across America deserve better than this continuing Republican recklessness,” Pelosi continued. What happened here was the Senate had come up with a reasonable bipartisan MilCon-VA-Zika conference report, but then Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell allowed House Republicans to pack it with poison pills. In order to fund Zika, Republicans are demanding the following: It restricts funding for birth control provided by Planned Parenthood.

It exempts pesticide spraying from the Clean Water Act.

It cuts veterans’ funding by 0 million below the Senate bill.

It cuts Ebola funding by 7 million.

It rescinds 3 million from Obamacare.

It strikes a prohibition on displaying the Confederate flag that was in a House bill. Remember when the House passed a bill to ban the Confederate flag in VA cemeteries? Well, they decided they wanted a take back after that brief moment of good press, and why not attach that demand to emergency funding, you know, like you get to do at your job. When you want something really badly – like, say to fly the Confederate flag at your desk — go ahead and ask, but the boss says no, what you do is you refuse to do your job during an emergency until the boss gives in. If the boss gets bitten by a mosquito during your poutfest, well, too bad.

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