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Old 09-21-2011, 08:13 AM   #1
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FEMA funding showdown may shutdown gubmint

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Congress is headed for a showdown over disaster relief funding that could bring the government to the brink of a government shutdown again.


House Speaker John Boehner has scheduled a vote tomorrow on a bill that would keep the government operating through Nov. 18. If the Senate and the House do not approve the stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution, before the fiscal year ends Sept 30, the government would be forced to shutdown.


The House bill includes $1 billion in immediate funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and $2.65 billion for next year, but the Republican measure also includes a provision to offset the FEMA funds with cuts to the Energy Department's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program.
Here we go again. I think FEMA funding should be offset with cuts to repubican congressional pay and benefits.
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