House Republicans Seek Auto Industry Cuts To Cover For Disaster Relief Funds

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

House Republicans Seek Auto Industry Cuts To Cover For Disaster Relief Funds
First Posted: 9/15/11 06:27 PM ET Updated: 9/15/11 06:27 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans rolled out their plan to fund disaster relief in Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) district, but at the cost of almost half of remaining loans set aside to help the American auto industry.

Included in their plan for a continuing resolution to fund the government past Sept. 30 is a provision to cut $1.5 billion of the $3.4 billion in remaining funds for low-cost loans -- sometimes referred to as "Section 136 loans." The money would be reused to pay for aid to states as they clean up after recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene and the rare east coast earthquake -- both of which greatly affected Cantor's Virginia district. The cost of disaster assistance is usually added to the budget deficit instead of offset with cuts.

Democrats and an auto industry expert warn the funds Cantor picked to pay for disaster aid is currently supporting a successful program that has pulled manufacturing jobs back from other countries and helped keep the industry alive around the eastern Midwest. Taking the money away would jeopardize that program.

"We absolutely need to fund disaster recovery assistance in Eric Cantor's district and all areas affected by Hurricane Irene and the recent earthquake, but that doesn't make it ok to kill American manufacturing jobs," Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said in a statement to The Huffington Post. "The Greater Detroit area that I represent has been hit the hardest by the recession and I strongly oppose the Republican plan to kill our jobs and delay our recovery.”





Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/house-gop-seeks-cuts-to-auto-loan-program_n_964999.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Aaaggghhh!

[Nancy Waterman]

2. Ditto that!!

They really do live in another galaxy. Aaaaaggghhh indeed!!!

[Angry Dragon]

3. I think they should take it out of any foreign aid to Israel

cantor likes aid to Israel so the money should come from something he likes as long as it is his district that needs help
shared sacrifice and all that

[Purveyor]

4. Indeed! +1 eom

[droidamus2]

7. How about this

Since Cantor is so into cutting something to pay for emergency funds lets look at what other federal money his district receives and require his district to give up dollar for dollar from that pot to pay from emergency relief.

[Paka]

10. Great Idea!

Fat chance it would happen. :applause:

[alp227]

5. the senate voted 62-37 for the disaster funding

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00135

Joining the Democrats were 10 Republicans:
- Blunt (Mo.) *A tornado hit Joplin, Mo. in May.
- Scott Brown (Mass.) *Hurricane Irene?
- Collins (Me.) *a moderate
- Heller (Nev.) *Tea Party-backed
- Hoeven (N.D.) *also TP-backed
- Murkowski (Ak.) *another moderate
- Rubio (Fla.) *TP, and of course Florida gets hurricanes/storms EVERY summer
- Snowe (Me.) *moderate like her fellow senator Collins
- Toomey (Pa.) *TP, Irene
- Vitter (La.) *Tropical Storm Lee

BOTH senators from Alabama voted Nay despite what happened in Tuscaloosa in May. Same with Mississippi and South Carolina. In North Carolina, Democrat Kay Hagan voted yea, while Republican Richard Burr voted nay.

[benld74]

6. *palm* *forehead* repeat infinity

[droidamus2]

8. Isn't that convenient

Cantor wants to cut money from areas of the country, rust belt, that are heavily Democratic to pay for emergency repairs in his Republican district and state. Gee who would have ever thought the Mepubicans would stoop to holding emergency funds hostage and then use that to make a political move against the Democrats? Well, actually I guess I would there is nothing to low for these worms to do for crass political purposes.

[xxqqqzme]

17. Hey, worms are beneficial.

Rethuglicans not so much! cantor not at all.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Why do they hate American jobs?

Traitors.

[valerief]

11. Here's a scenario. All the rethugs homes catch fire and the firefighters tell them to

get the free market to put the fires out.

Sorry. Just daydreaming.

[marasinghe]

12. filthy disgusting traitorous bastards would have been facing firing squads in the forties.

[russspeakeasy]

13. Makes me long for the old days..

[Auntie Bush]

14. These are the people that love America and are so patriotic and wrap themselves in the flag.

[Cool Logic]

15. Well now, it would appear that Ds are no different than Rs regarding welfare for giant corporations.

[defendandprotect]

16. Elites/corporations created Global Warming ... and they don't want to pay for the damages ....

seems that's also why they've been raiding the pension funds --

We don't need corporations to have an economy --

but we do need to stop elite/corporate exploittion of nature, natural

resources, animal-life -- and human beings!!


Dump "Manifest Destiny" and "Man's Dominion Over Nature" in the garbage can!!