Thursday, September 22, 2011

Here We Go Again

The Republicans are once again saying that they are willing to shut down the government and cause another financial crises to get their way.
Government Shutdown Looms: House Rejects Short-Term Budget Bill
Huffington Post
Jennifer Bendery
September 21, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded past next week, a major defeat for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who was banking on having the votes to pass a package that tied emergency disaster aid to spending cuts.
Does this sound familiar? Didn’t we just go through this last July and August? Back then the stock market dropped thousands of points; can we stand that to happen again in this shaky economy? However, this time the Republicans have upped the ante, they are also refusing to increase FEMA funding to cover the disasters from Irene, the tornados in Joplin, Mo and the fires in Texas. As a result forty-eight Republicans jumped ship and voted with the Democrats.

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