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Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:22 PM Mar 2016

Hillary 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 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.
IBT.com

She also supports Fracking which is a major cause of pollution

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Hillary Clinton, Before Spotlighting Crisis In Flint, Michigan, Voted Against (Original Post) Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 OP
Nothing before her most recent statement on a subject should be remembered, let alone "examined." merrily Mar 2016 #1
Ted Kennedy also voted against the bill Kaleva Mar 2016 #2
interesting Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #4
Debbie the Sane Progressive exposes Hillary's shameful policies water quality (video) hillarysong2016 Mar 2016 #3
This should be headlines Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #5

merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. Nothing before her most recent statement on a subject should be remembered, let alone "examined."
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:28 PM
Mar 2016

whatever that silly term may mean.

And, btw, where in hell is Winston Smith, when we really need him?

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
2. Ted Kennedy also voted against the bill
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:50 PM
Mar 2016

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.

 

hillarysong2016

(83 posts)
3. Debbie the Sane Progressive exposes Hillary's shameful policies water quality (video)
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:58 PM
Mar 2016

After Advocating Expansion of Fracking (Destroys Water); Clinton's NERVE to Use Flint as Campaign Op



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