Lloyd Doggett says opposition to Confederate flag limits delayed House action on spending measures

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By W. Gardner Selby on Friday, September 11th, 2015 at 3:41 p.m.

A congressman told a Texas group that action on measures funding the government slowed this summer due to opposition to proposals banning Confederate flag sales ...

A July 10, 2015, story in The Hill said: "House Republicans are hitting the brakes on consideration of spending bills after leaders yanked a measure from the floor this week over the display of the Confederate flag. The House was originally slated to consider the 2016 spending bill for Financial Services next week," the story said, "but the odds are now low for it hitting the floor. Republicans are worried that Democrats could try to offer more amendments related to the display of the Confederate flag that could again tie the GOP into knots" ...

Huffman won adoption of an amendment barring funds from being spent with any entity "that provides for the sale in any facility within a unit of the National Park System of an item with a Confederate flag as a stand-alone feature" ...

We rate <Doggett's> statement Mostly True.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/sep/11/lloyd-doggett/lloyd-doggett-says-opposition-confederate-flag-lim/

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