"Senate Moves On Water Bill With Flint Aid"

"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the first procedural step on Tuesday evening towards advancing a $9.4 billion waterways bill that contains emergency funding for Flint, Mich.

Although the Kentucky Republican moved to proceed to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) – which authorizes dozens of waterways projects around the country – an aide cautioned that there’s not yet an agreement on adopting the motion to proceed.

“We’re working on it,” McConnell’s spokesman said.

The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved the WRDA bill by a 19-1 vote in April, fulfilling a promise from committee leaders to return to a two-year cycle of authorizing projects under the measure.

The legislation identifies $4.5 billion worth of water-related infrastructure projects and authorizes $4.9 billion for drinking and clean water infrastructure over five years."

Melanie Zanona reports for The Hill September 6, 2016.