By Nick Niedzwiadek
ALBANY — The state Senate lurched into disarray Thursday as a
deadlocked chamber torpedoed a floor vote for the first time since the
DREAM Act failed in 2014, prompting accusations from both sides of
political gamesmanship.
“You saw democracy in action, and you saw Democrats playing shameless
games with people’s lives, children’s lives,” Senate Majority Leader
John Flanagan (R-East Northport) said after session adjourned until
Monday. “Democrats have decided they don’t want to govern, they want to
have politics rule the day. It’s embarrassing, it’s disgusting and I
hope the public understands they voted down a bill that was aimed to
protect children all across the sate of New York. I don’t know how much
more evident it gets than that.”
Senate Democrats this week have attempted to attach hostile
amendments to force votes on two long stalled reproductive health
measures — Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act, NY S 3668 (17R), and the Reproductive Health Act, NY S 2796 (17R) — prompting Republicans who control the chamber to scrap the planned agenda Wednesday.
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Source: Politico (via Empire Report New York)
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