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Title: House Republicans Hold FEMA Funds Hostage Post by: Howey on September 22, 2011, 10:02:22 am Here we go! Another government shutdown pending! Thanks Boehner and Cantor! How 'bout putting the FEMA disaster relief funds in a stand alone bill? How 'bout your own party telling you to? (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-gop-leaders-are-dealt-a-surprise-rebuke-in-spending-bills-defeat/2011/09/21/gIQAKFDRmK_story.html) Quote The surprise defeat in the House Wednesday of a special funding measure to keep the federal government functioning past Sept. 30 was a sharp rebuke of the GOP leadership that controls the chamber and a testament to the fragility of the majority itself. The rejection of the measure resurrected the specter of a government shutdown at the end of the month and suggested that the heated confrontations that dominated Washington in the spring and early summer are likely to return this fall. While it is widely expected that the parties will eventually reach a compromise to avoid a shutdown, Wednesday’s 230-to-195 vote showed what can happen when the GOP majority operates with no more than minimal Democratic support. When are these idiots going to do what America is telling them to do? |