Keep this in mind when Hillary is talking about how much she cares about Flint, MI

[jillan]

#WhichHillary Another fine example.

Facing reports that a controversial fuel additive was contaminating water supplies across America, Clinton as a senator in 2005 opposed a bipartisan measure to ban the chemical — even though Bill Clinton’s Environmental Protection Agency had first proposed such a prohibition. At roughly the same time, one major company producing the chemical also tried to use provisions in a trade deal backed by Hillary Clinton to force local governments in the United States to let it continue selling the toxic compound.

Clinton’s campaign did not respond to International Business Times’ questions about her vote.

Breaking with then-Sen. Barack Obama, Clinton joined 14 Republicans and 12 Democrats in voting against the measure to phase out MTBE, which passed the Senate by a vote of 70-26. Critics of the amendment to ban MTBE, like New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, charged it would end up forcing states to use more ethanol.

When Clinton cast her vote against banning MTBE, she was in the midst of a re-election campaign in which she raised more than $74,000 from the oil and gas industry, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. But her record was not one of unanimous support for that industry.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-spotlighting-crisis-flint-michigan-voted-against-measure-prevent

[tazkcmo]

1. That Progressive

Didn't get it done. Thankfully.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Bernie needs to hit her big on this and FREAKIN' FRACKING.

She's obviously against clean drinking water for the 99%.

Hypocrite.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[jillan]

3. I wish he would! Especially in Flint.

[Kalidurga]

4. Lemme get this straight

you are slamming Hillary for voting in a way that will help her political career and/or help her get speaking engagements that bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars? That really doesn't seem fair.