House leadership pulls Interior bill over rebel flag as White House comments on Senate version
July 09, 2015 |06:12 PM
The House leadership today pulled the appropriations bill that funds the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency amidst the controversy over the Confederate flag.
Boehner told reporters the move was made so that the “adult” members of Congress could sit down and have a conversation about how to deal with the Confederate flag, The Hill reported.
The House was in an uproar earlier today over the issue of prohibiting the sale or display of Confederate flags in national parks.
The controversy occurred the same day that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, signed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the lawn of the South Carolina statehouse and set its removal at 10 a.m. Friday. The flag had become an issue after the killing of nine people in the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
Meanwhile, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan sent Senate appropriations leaders a letter noting the administration’s criticism of the Senate version of the Interior bill.
Donovan said the bill would prevent EPA from implementing the Clean Water Rule, “which is necessary to ensure waters protected under the Clean Water Act are more clearly defined and predictably determined.”
Boehner told reporters the move was made so that the “adult” members of Congress could sit down and have a conversation about how to deal with the Confederate flag, The Hill reported.
The House was in an uproar earlier today over the issue of prohibiting the sale or display of Confederate flags in national parks.
The controversy occurred the same day that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, signed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the lawn of the South Carolina statehouse and set its removal at 10 a.m. Friday. The flag had become an issue after the killing of nine people in the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
Meanwhile, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan sent Senate appropriations leaders a letter noting the administration’s criticism of the Senate version of the Interior bill.
Donovan said the bill would prevent EPA from implementing the Clean Water Rule, “which is necessary to ensure waters protected under the Clean Water Act are more clearly defined and predictably determined.”
