Cantor Voted For Billions To Rebuild Schools In Iraq, Now Opposes Funding School

[cal04]

Cantor Voted For Billions To Rebuild Schools In Iraq, Now Opposes Funding School Construction In America
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/12/317046/cantor-billions-iraq-schools/

Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) voted for over $120 billion to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, funds that were used to construct and repair schools, roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure.

Now, Cantor is opposing President Obama’s proposal to spend $30 billion to modernize 35,000 American schools. Reuters has the story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/12/obama-jobs-cantor-idUSWNA831020110912

U.S. House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said on Monday he will not support President Barack Obama’s proposal to renovate U.S. schools as part of the administration’s bill to spur job growth.

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The president’s proposal is a modest effort. The total maintenance and repair backlog at U.S. schools is estimated at $270 billion to $500 billion. While the funding Obama is proposing is fully offset, Cantor voted to build schools in Iraq and Afghanistan with deficit spending.

[tanyev]

1. Create an Education Provisional Authority fully staffed by people hired by the Heritage Foundation

and I bet he'd vote for it.

[aquart]

2. Which of his donors got our check?

[spanone]

3. reason? cantor is a partisan asshole that opposes any and all Obama programs