09.06.16

Senate Democrats filibuster critical troop funding a sixth time

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) took to the Senate floor today to rebuke Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Democrats for again filibustering the defense appropriations bill, the sixth such filibuster in the past year and a half. The legislation, which includes critical funding for America’s troops serving overseas, passed out of committee with unanimous bipartisan support.

“We just saw another filibuster of spending for the men and women who serve in the United States military. What a disappointment and what a disconnect between what's going on in the rest of America and back here in D.C.,” said Senator Sullivan. "For those who think that the members of the military don't understand what's going on, that one party consistently denies them funding … that’s not true. The troops know what's going on…. To support the troops, to stop the filibuster – this is what our troops want. This is what the American people want. And this is what the Senate of the United States of America should be doing.”

The filibuster comes on the heels of Senator Harry Reid suggesting in a recent interview with the New York Times that the Senate should “curtail the filibuster” if Democrats win back the majority and the White House. 

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