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GOP congressman voted for tax cuts, now says America is too indebted to pay for appropriations bill
Source: Think Progress
GOP congressman voted for tax cuts, now says America is too indebted to pay for appropriations bill
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) cited the national debt as a reason to oppose the labor, health, and education appropriations bill.
JOSH ISRAEL
JUN 24, 2019, 1:30 PM
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) voted against a bill last week that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for the next year.
His reasoning? He says the measure included “support of taxpayer-funded abortions” — which it does not — and that he does not believe the nation can afford that, after tax cuts he voted for massively expanded the budget deficit.
Smucker is a longtime opponent of abortion rights. In his bi-weekly newsletter — delivered Sunday and tweeted out on Monday — the second-term congressman explained his objection in a section called “In Defense of the Unborn.”
“Last week, the House Democrats offered a spending package (H.R. 2740) that will spend billions more than our current budget caps allow—including in support of taxpayer-funded abortions,” he wrote.
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Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) cited the national debt as a reason to oppose the labor, health, and education appropriations bill.
JOSH ISRAEL
JUN 24, 2019, 1:30 PM
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) voted against a bill last week that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for the next year.
His reasoning? He says the measure included “support of taxpayer-funded abortions” — which it does not — and that he does not believe the nation can afford that, after tax cuts he voted for massively expanded the budget deficit.
Smucker is a longtime opponent of abortion rights. In his bi-weekly newsletter — delivered Sunday and tweeted out on Monday — the second-term congressman explained his objection in a section called “In Defense of the Unborn.”
“Last week, the House Democrats offered a spending package (H.R. 2740) that will spend billions more than our current budget caps allow—including in support of taxpayer-funded abortions,” he wrote.
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Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/congressman-lloyd-smucker-backed-deficit-expanding-tax-cut-abortion-family-planning-deficit-76626c469ebe/