Democrats holding disaster relief funding hostage

[daveman]

good find, mark me not surprised, this is almost as good as Maxine Waters screeching the banks aren't doing enough after her husbands interests in his failing bank portfolio was propped up by TARP......

If you want to know what the left is doing, see what they accuse the right of.

The Goddess of Irony is well pleased with your offering.

Oh, that's right. You wouldn't criticize a fellow leftist if your life depended on it.

So you really don't see anything wrong with Waters' actions.

Were you under the mistaken impression that you have any credibility?

 

[CaféAuLait]

Nice attempt at spin. It doesn't change the fact that Cantor said no disaster relief until there were cuts elsewhere. He's the one using this tragedy for his own, selfish, gain.

Cantor never said that, why make stuff up?

The No. 2 House Republican said that if Congress doles out additional money to assist in the aftermath of natural disasters across the country, the spending may need to be offset.

Read more: Cantor: Disaster relief must be offset - seattlepi.com

 

[hellofromwarsaw]

Welcome to bought off Murdoch WSJ editorial land, dittoheads- only you morons would believe this spin.
Fisker is a great company and car of the future, less expensive ones later, and we could fight China on green industry, but you A-holes think we can only subsidize the bloated oil pals of greedy Pubs. IDIOTS!! tyvm

 

[daveman]

Welcome to bought off Murdoch WSJ editorial land, dittoheads- only you morons would believe this spin.
Fisker is a great company and car of the future, less expensive ones later, and we could fight China on green industry, but you A-holes think we can only subsidize the bloated oil pals of greedy Pubs. IDIOTS!! tyvm

You really are a tremendously stupid little person.

 

[Conservative]

Yes.

It's always a good idea to pass bills without first reading them.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-05TLiiLU]Pelosi: "We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It" - YouTube[/ame]

Nancy Pelosi agrees with you.

 

[uscitizen]

Why should the nanny state gove hand out more taxpayer money to those disaster prone areas?
Don't they have local and state governments to help them?
Listen to Ron Paul about FEMA.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Yes.

It's always a good idea to pass bills without first reading them.

Nancy pelosi didn't have a problem with doing that

 

[BoycottTheday]

Her only problem is trying to sleep with her face so tight her eye lids wont close.

 

[yidnar]

Yes.

It's always a good idea to pass bills without first reading them.

you may think it is funny!! but your Obama care is scaring the hell out of business owners!!why don't you just come out and admit that every problem you have is someone else's fault .......that you hate America!! you hate people that are more successful than you and yours ......and that if you can't get your way to hell with everybody else...

 

[editec]

Cantor ought to be ashamed.

Using disaster relief as leverage to ram his budget policies on Congress is sociopathic.

I can't believe anybody thinks this is okay.

Of course, there's plenty of citizens who do think this kind of political maneuvering is just fine.

Of course when some natural disaster hits their home town, then they'll sing another tune, won't they?

We know damned well they will because we've seen it happen over and over again.

Those RED states are very natural diaster prone, aren't they?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Cantor ought to be ashamed.

Using disaster relief as leverage to ram his budget policies on Congress is sociopathic.

I can't believe anybody thinks this is okay.

Of course, there's plenty of citizens who do think this kind of political maneuvering is just fine.

Of course when some natural disaster hits their home town, then they'll sing another tune, won't they?

We know damned well they will because we've seen it happen over and over again.

Those RED states are very natural diaster prone, aren't they?

obama shoud be ashamed of himself for some of the things he's done but it would appear he isn't because he continues to do it.

 

[Seawytch]

Since Republicans took control of the House, Cantor has demanded that disaster relief be "offset"....

Rep. Cantor Insisted On Offsets For Joplin Disaster Relief Spending In CBS Interview. From the May 29, 2011 edition of CBS' Face the Nation:

HARRY SMITH (HOST): One of the things you said earlier this week is that emergency funding should be offset by cuts to the budget deficit. Do you standby that?

REPRESENTATIVE ERIC CANTOR: First of all, Harry, I-- I know that America is just stunned by the scope of devastation and loss and-- and the horrific tragedy that the people of Joplin and other places across the country really are experiencing this tornado season. And so I know. And our hearts go out to them. And also we see in the healing process that there is an appropriate federal role. Congress will find the money and it'll be offset. ​

And yet, back when it wasn't the KenyanFacistSocialstNaziMuslim President in office...Cantor didn't ask to "offsetting" disaster relief. How odd...what's different I wonder?

Cantor Pledged To "Ensure That Our Area Gets The Federal Disaster Assistance It Deserves." From a press release on August 31, 2004:

"There are thousands of people affected by Gaston. It is imperative that we start working to help our citizens who have lost so much," said Cantor. [...]

"I am committed to working with President Bush and Secretary Ridge to ensure that our area gets the federal disaster assistance it deserves," said Cantor. [Cantor Press Release, 8/31/04]​

In 2004, Eric Cantor (the unctuous little twerp), was opposed to offsetting disaster relief. What changed?

H R 5212

 

[uscitizen]

Cantor has control of the house?

Is that an alternate name for Boner?

 

[Seawytch]

Cantor has control of the house?

Is that an alternate name for Boner?

A Cantor sounds like something you'd do with a Boehner and it would result in Santorum.

(fixed it BTW )

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Review & Outlook: Leveraging a Hurricane - WSJ.com

Here's the story: In June, House Republicans passed the 2012 Homeland Security appropriations bill, which included an amendment adding $1 billion to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In a sensible move for taxpayers, the amendment offsets this new disaster funding by cutting spending on the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. This may ring a bell with readers as the funding conduit for one of Washington's adventures in crony capitalism.

In 2009, the Department of Energy announced that it would loan more than half a billion dollars through this program to a California-based company, Fisker Automotive, to make luxury electric cars. About a month after the loan package was conditionally approved, CEO Henrik Fisker and Joseph Biden appeared in the Vice President's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware to announce that Fisker would now be making some of its cars at the city's old General Motors factory.

At the event, Mr. Biden described many "long talks" he'd had with Mr. Fisker. The Vice President's office later said that Mr. Biden didn't make any direct appeals to Energy before the loan was approved, but Delaware's chief of economic development told the Journal that Mr. Biden was the state's "secret weapon, except there is nothing secret about Joe Biden."

All of this is background to say that the GOP has found the federal program that is arguably the most deserving of a cut to free up funds for disaster victims. But Senate Democrats refuse to pass the House bill and Mr. Cantor has earned their ire this week by continuing to press for cuts in corporate welfare.

Perhaps unwilling to defend the indefensible, some have taken to claiming that the Republican bill cuts cherished liberal entitlements. In an email seeking donations for an anti-Cantor advertising campaign, the group Democracy for America exalted, "We're hitting Eric Cantor hard—exposing his call to hold Hurricane Irene disaster relief hostage to more cuts in vital programs, like Medicare and Social Security—with in-district ads all next week."

In the Senate, Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin seems unwilling to accept even the idea that the government might set priorities and choose to fund disaster aid instead of other claims on the federal fisc. "If [Mr. Cantor] believes that we can nip and tuck at the rest of the federal budget and somehow take care of disasters, he's totally out of touch with reality," said Mr. Durbin.

One reason the House bill has less funding for Democratic priorities is because, even before the hurricane, Republicans had decided that the President's budget didn't have enough money for the Disaster Relief Fund. So they funded it at $850 million above the President's request. Then as they realized that the damage in places like Joplin, Missouri would put additional strain on the fund, the GOP added the amendment that provided still more disaster assistance and cut funding for Mr. Biden's beloved electric cars.

The White House hasn't asked for more funding, though White House budget director Jacob Lew wrote to lawmakers Thursday suggesting it could be well north of $5 billion. But so far Mr. Cantor is being blamed for opposing disaster relief because he has been trying to spend more than the President, and to place that above other spending priorities.​

So sick.

Dems = Party>Country

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Democrats holding disaster relief funding hostage

Review & Outlook: Leveraging a Hurricane - WSJ.com

Aw, jeez....the Murdoch Street Journal.

Are ya' sure there isn't a more-reliable source, regarding this issue.....like The National Enquirer?

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[uscitizen]

This thread has me confused, I thought the right wanted to decrease govt spending?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Nice attempt at spin. It doesn't change the fact that Cantor said no disaster relief until there were cuts elsewhere. He's the one using this tragedy for his own, selfish, gain.

.....And, Teabaggers have been commissioned to manage the FLIP/FLOP, more-than-likely by Boss Hog.

 

[daveman]

Cantor ought to be ashamed.

Using disaster relief as leverage to ram his budget policies on Congress is sociopathic.

I can't believe anybody thinks this is okay.

Of course, there's plenty of citizens who do think this kind of political maneuvering is just fine.

Of course when some natural disaster hits their home town, then they'll sing another tune, won't they?

We know damned well they will because we've seen it happen over and over again.

Those RED states are very natural diaster prone, aren't they?

You think it's okay that Democrats are doing it, so what are you squawking about?

 

[AmericanFirst]

So, reality disagrees with the left and the left-dominated press.

Imagine that.

Reality always disagrees with the left.