Republicans – “a Refusal to Govern” is a Refusal to Care - Louse of Representatives USA
The House will refuse to consider a comprehensive immigration bill
that could lead to citizenship for millions of immigrants, Republican leaders
said on Wednesday, and will slowly and casually consider a few border-security
measures that have no chance of passing on their own.
And, on Thursday, the House passed a farm bill that stripped out the
food stamp program, breaking a pact that for decades has protected the
nutrition needs of low-income Americans. It was the first time since 1973 that
food stamps haven’t been part of a farm bill, and it reflected the contempt of
the far right for anyone desperate enough to rely on the government for help to
buy groceries.
These actions show how far the House has retreated from the national
mainstream into a cave of indifference and ignorance. House members don’t want
to know that millions of Americans remain hungry (in an economy held back by
their own austerity ideology), and they don’t want to deal with the desperation
of immigrant families who want nothing more than a chance to work and feed
themselves without fear of deportation.
On both issues, in fact, many House Republicans are proudly
asserting that they will stand in the way of any attempts to conduct a
conference with the Senate. That might, after all, lead to a compromise.
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