Republicans in Congress are holding up a measure to provide relief to the citizens of Flint, Michigan whose water supply has been poisoned.Instead of acting to pass a provision which would remove the compromised pipes bringing water into the homes of the city s mostly black population, Republicans in the Senate are blocking progress.Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both Democrats of Michigan, started pushing the issue last week as the Senate began debate on the energy bill. Their provision would provide $600 million in emergency funding to Flint to replace and fix the city s water supply infrastructure and establish a center dedicated to helping people in Flint recover from lead poisoning. Republicans scolded Democrats for using the crisis to play politics, and argued it is a state and local problem.Ahead of the procedural vote, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) delivered scathing remarks on the floor, accusing Republicans of abandoning the people of Flint. One hundred thousand people in Flint, Michigan, have been poisoned, and Republicans do nothing,  Reid said.  Nine thousand little children   all under the age of 6   have been poisoned, their brains attack by the contaminated water. Still, Senate Republicans refuse to help. Republicans are insisting that the money to help Flint must be  offset  elsewhere in the budget. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) blasted this tactic from Republicans on the Senate floor, noting: This is of catastrophic, almost Armageddon proportion, that an American city has been poisoned. Let s get real. We are now bogged down in Washington wonky budgeteer talk:  Where is the offsets?  What is this? What is this? Are we human beings? There was also considerable hypocrisy on the behalf of Republicans opposed to helping Flint. Igor Volsky of Think Progress pointed out on Twitter several instances of conservative Republicans who are blocking Flint relief who were all too eager to ask for disaster relief funds for their own states..@SenatorSessions requested fed disaster $ after tornadoes hit AL. But of course doesn't want to send $ to Flint. pic.twitter.com/dNm6d7srOh  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016.@SenPatRoberts boasted of obtaining disaster $ after drought in KS. Guess how much $ he wants to send to Flint. pic.twitter.com/2fic5UuGKb  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016.@robportman endorsed disaster $ after drought hit OH.Guess how much $ he wants to spend on #FlintWaterCrisis pic.twitter.com/lEEJ5U9QIZ  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016.@RandPaul asked Obama for federal $ after storms hit KYGuess how much $ he wants to send to Flint. Just guess. pic.twitter.com/Nz2YhP6TqY  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016.@SenMikeLee asked for disaster $ after flooding in Utah. Doesn't think Flint residents deserve the same treatment pic.twitter.com/EbOB2rcIuh  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016Oooo, found @RonJohnsonWI asking for disaster $ for WI in 2011!In 2016, he's blocking emergency $ for Flint. pic.twitter.com/Ke2XXQJHRI  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016Sen. @jiminhofe boasted of obtaining disaster $ after storms in OK guess how much fed $ he wants to send to Flint pic.twitter.com/ssFHE3lfuB  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 4, 2016Featured image from YouTube