[outsitWrord]

TPM: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...ce.php?ref=fpc

With Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) insisting that funding the recovery from Hurricane Irene be offset with spending cuts, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that Congress should be focused on providing relief and not get caught up in political gridlock.

"That should not be the first concern of Congress, and I don't think it is. I think the first concern of Congress is whether we need to protect the safety and security of the people that we are all privileged to represent," Napolitano said at roundtable with journalists hosted by theChristian Science Monitor.

"Congress knows that this is historically the way disaster relief funding has been handled," Napolitano continued.
"Appropriators have been kept informed on a regular basis about the status this year."

[Misiotoagodia]

Good for her, I hate Eric Cantor more every day, he is just non-human.

So what does Eric want to cut..... First Responders, freaking unbelievable, well except it's coming from Eric Cantor.

Eric Cantor Won’t Support Any Hurricane Disaster Funding Without Massive Cuts To First Responders


http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...st-responders/

Eric Cantor and the House GOP leadership appear to agree that more funds are needed, but won’t help until President Obama and the Senate agree to more budget cuts. Yesterday on Fox News, Cantor made clear that he would not support any additional funding unless matched with “savings elsewhere.”

What cuts, specifically, does Eric Cantor want in exchange for disaster relief funds? On Fox, Cantor said he supported $1 billion in disaster relief funding as part of the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, which contains massive cuts to FEMA and first responders.

In July, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) detailed the problems with the legislation championed by Cantor:

The House bill slashes funding for grants to equip and train first responders by 40 percent. This is on top of the 19 percent cut in FY 2011. The House defense appropriations bill provides $12.8 billion to train and equip troops and police in Afghanistan — yet the House provides only $2 billion for first responders here at home.

Their proposal also slashes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s operations by 6 percent at a time when the agency has never been busier. Does it really make sense to pay for response and reconstruction costs from past disasters by reducing our capacity to prepare for future disasters? 12 Billion for Afghan police but only 2 billion for American first responders, crazy!

[effenseshoora]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cantor try to make a play for Boehner's job next year. He just might get it, too. If he does, we're all in big trouble.

[discountviagraman]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cantor try to make a play for Boehner's job next year. He just might get it, too. If he does, we're all in big trouble.

I agree he throws Bohner under the bus at any chance he gets, he is a slime ball.IMO.