FEMA funding showdown may shutdown gubmint

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.

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.

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classicman;757411 wrote:

Here is the link for spexx's quote

Oops. I apologize for my oversight.:blush:

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.