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Cruz lifts hold on bill to resolve Flint water crisis

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds up a bottle of water as he speaks about contaminated water during a community forum at Woodside Church in Flint, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has lifted a hold he placed on bipartisan legislation to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where lead-contaminated pipes have created a public health emergency.

Senators had reached a tentative deal a day earlier for a $220 million package to fix and replace the city’s lead-contaminated pipes, make other infrastructure improvements and bolster lead-prevention programs nationwide.

Cruz and at least one other GOP senator objected to a quick vote on the deal, delaying Senate consideration of the bill until at least next week.

A spokesman for the Texas senator, Phil Novack, said Thursday night that Cruz had reviewed the bill and will not prevent it from moving forward in the Senate.

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