Our Reps: Bipartisan or Spineless?
The only Connecticut Rep. to vote no on the final HR 3401 was Rep. Rosa DeLauro. She wrote: the bill “did not go far enough in protecting children.” All our other reps wanted to get something passed before the break.
Want to get into the “weeds”? Below are links to the text of the bills: the differences are in bold. Check out all the military funding that is now going to the border; and the elimination of the humanitarian provisions that were originally in the House bill.
Original Bill HR 3401 that Passed House
Final HR 3401 that Passed Congress