FEMA funding showdown may shutdown gubmint

[Spexxvet]

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.

[classicman]

From what I've read it seems more like Reid is playing politics with this one.
He seems to be the one playing the "fear" card.

The GOP measure includes a total of $3.6 billion -- $1 billion in emergency funds available when the bill is enacted and another $2.6 billion to be budgeted for those federal response agencies for the 2012 fiscal year.
The Senate bill that passed with bipartisan support last week includes $6.9 billion for FEMA and other federal agencies for immediate disaster relief and for relief in 2012.

CNN

[classicman]

Here is the link for spexx's quote

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

Here is the link for spexx's quote

Oops. I apologize for my oversight.

[classicman]

no sweat. I find as I read the different articles on this, the different impressions range from Totally the R's fault to totally the D's fault... Both the links we posted were reasonable fair, so I thought I'd include your link for others to read if desired.