Citi’s Abortion-Travel Policy Spurs GOP Bid to Cut Contracts (2)

Republican lawmakers are calling for the cancellation of U.S. government contracts with Citigroup Inc. after the banking giant vowed to cover travel costs for employees seeking abortions.

Citigroup provides the credit cards that members of the U.S. House of Representatives use to pay for flights, supplies and other goods. Representative Mike Johnsonand more than 40 other members of Congress asked House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor to cancel the contract, saying the legislative branch has a longtime policy of not using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.

Representative Mike Johnson

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“By offering to pay its employees in their efforts to terminate the ...