Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton, Before Spotlighting Crisis In Flint, Michigan, Voted Against
In Flint on Sunday shouldn't Hillary's past record be scrutinized regarding poisoning the population? If this true?
The issue of clean water may be politically perilous for the leading Democratic candidate, thanks to her vote against banning a possible carcinogen at the center of one of the largest water pollution scandals in recent history.
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 Clintons 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.
IBT.com
She also supports Fracking which is a major cause of pollution
merrily
(45,251 posts)whatever that silly term may mean.
And, btw, where in hell is Winston Smith, when we really need him?
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)In the roll call vote, you'll see that not only did Clinton and Kennedy vote against it, but also Biden, Dodd, Kerry, Feingold, Feinstein, Boxer, Leahy, Reid, Schumer and some others. Most Repubs voted for the bill.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)hillarysong2016
(83 posts)After Advocating Expansion of Fracking (Destroys Water); Clinton's NERVE to Use Flint as Campaign Op