HOW MUCH DiD Congress just approve for flint

Early this morning the U.S. Senate approved funding for more than $120 million to address the lead contamination issue that has been plaguing Flint, Michigan for over a year now. The funding was approved at about 1:15 this morning and believe it or not there were still member of Congress that voted against the funding. Nonetheless with a 78 – 21 vote two bills were passed and are now headed to President Barak Obama for approval.

The State’s effort to fix the lead issues in Flint took way too long which is why the Federal government had to step in. U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) spoke to this, acknowledging the problem but is pleased that the federal government is helping his state move in the right direction. “Though the state of Michigan has the primary responsibility to support long-term recovery efforts in Flint, the federal government should have stepped in long ago to provide emergency assistance for an American city in crisis,” Peters, said after the vote.