From HuffPost Hill:
HOUSE CAN'T PASS CONTINUING RESOLUTION, ANOTHER %$#&ING SHUTDOWN LOOMS - The lower chamber has failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded past September 30th. The measure failed 195-230, largely due to strong Democratic opposition and 48 really conservative Republicans who wanted even more cuts. Calls by Democrats to restore $1.5 billion in spending that had been offset to balance additional FEMA funding had been ignored by Republicans, so Steny Hoyer urged his caucus to vote against the measure. Heads up to staffers: this might not be the best weekend for that apple picking trip.The background on this is in an earlier post of ours:
The Tea-Party-led US House Republicans don't want to pass disaster aid at all. To hell with the tornadoes and earthquakes and wildfires and hurricanes. Real Americans simply die, apparently. And if they are going to put up any money at all for the recent spate of natural disasters, the House Republicans are again - surprise - demanding massive cuts to the budget. They don't care that the American people, in recent polls, overwhelmingly support the government providing the disaster funds without further cuts to the budget. They have a far-right Tea Party to appease, and the Tea Party doesn't care about Americans who have lost their homes and their loved ones. The Tea Party only cares about dismantling the US government at all costs. Oh, and how is the Tea Party House paying for the disaster funds? In part by dismantling programs that create jobs. Again, big surprise there.
