GOP: F*ck Kids With Cancer. We Need Tax Breaks For The Wealthy

It's heartbreaking to think of a child with cancer. As part of their treatment, children with cancer often receive chemotherapy and radiation. In other words, it's pure hell. And then, if they are lucky enough to be 'cured,' there are consequences for chemo and radiation—so many after-effects. But if you're a "pro-life" Republican, fuck those kids.

Via the Rolling Stone:

Less than 48 hours before defaulting and triggering a shutdown, Congress is still scrambling to pass a stopgap funding resolution that will keep the U.S. government funded and functional through the next few months. After several starts and stops, Republicans were reduced to infighting on Wednesday after Elon Musk — Trump's "first buddy" and government "efficiency" adviser — rejected a proposed funding deal and called for a legislative freeze and government shutdown until Trump's inauguration in late January.

As a result, the new stripped-down funding bill proposed on Thursday is literally throwing out the baby with the bathwater: It will exclude $190 million for the bipartisan "Give Kids a Chance" program for child cancer research. Sam Stein of The Bulwark points out that the new bill also excludes funding for research on premature labor, sickle cell disease treatment, early detection of breast and cervical cancer, the Rural Broadband Protection Act, an anti-deepfake porn bill, and more.

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