tazzygirl -> RE: Video of Paul Ryan pushing grandma off the cliff/Say NO to grandma eating cat food (5/28/2011 12:06:07 AM)
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And you might want to check your facts because aid is already there, FEMA is on the ground in Missouri now. FEMA is there to help those in a crisis. FEMA does not have the financing, or the official capacity, to get that town back on its feet. quote:
Thus far FEMA has been on the scene to help with rescue operations. However, in the long-term the President would likely need congressional approval in order to provide a package of financial aid. Any aid package would have to pass through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where Cantor serves in a powerful leadership position. As the Washington Times reports, Cantor said any aid would need to be offset by other spending cuts, "If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental." The term "pay-fors" means either spending cuts or tax increases, and the Republicans have firmly stated that they would not pass any tax increases this year. The Washington Times also points out that six years then-House Majority Leader Tom Delay approved Hurricane Katrina aid without offsetting spending cuts. At the time Delay said it was acceptable to just add the Katrina aid on to the deficit. A disaster that has affected a whole community is not the time to bargain.
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