Sneaky, sneaky
by digby
You can take this off the “human decency” side of Paul Ryan’s ledger:
A measure to bar confederate flags from cemeteries run by the Department of Veterans Affairs was removed from legislation passed by the House early Thursday.
The flag ban was added to the VA funding bill in May by a vote of 265-159, with most Republicans voting against the ban. But Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) both supported the measure. Ryan was commended for allowing a vote on the controversial measure, but has since limited what amendments can be offered on the floor.
He gets no credit for this kind of maneuver to make himself look good and then quietly remove it at the behest of his caucus. That’s the price he pays for being Speaker. He is responsible for which items he uses as bargaining chips and this was evidently one of them.
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