Senate Passes Bill to Avert Shut-Down
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.
The agreement ensured there would be no interruption in assistance to areas battered by disasters such as Hurricane Irene and last summer’s tornados in Joplin, Mo., and also that the government would be able to run normally when the new budget year begins on Saturday.
The Senate approved the resolution after a day of behind-the-scenes talks and occasionally biting debate, spelling an end to the latest in a string of standoffs between Democrats and Republicans over deficits, spending and taxes. Those fights have rattled financial markets and coincided with polls showing congressional approval ratings at historically low levels
The breakthrough came hours after the Federal Emergency Management Agency indicated it had enough money for disaster relief efforts through Friday. That disclosure allowed lawmakers to jettison a $1 billion replenishment that had been included in the measure – and to crack the gridlock it had caused.
The Democratic-controlled Senate approved the measure on a bipartisan vote of 79-12, sending it to the Republican-controlled House for a final sign-off.
There was no immediate comment from House GOP leaders, although their approval for the measure seemed a mere formality after the party’s Senate leader agreed to it.
“This compromise should satisfy Republicans…and it should satisfy Democrats,” said Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, who added that Budget Director Jacob Lew had informed him that FEMA did not need any additional funding to meet its needs for the final few days of the budget year.
“It’s a win for everyone,” declared Reid, who had spent much of the past few weeks accusing Republicans of choosing to heed the wishes of tea party adherents rather than the needs of their own constituents battered by acts of nature.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said it was a “reasonable way to keep the government operational.”
But he got in a final jab at Democrats, noting that the disaster funds sought by the Obama administration and its allies in Congress were now known to be unneeded.
“In my view, this entire fire drill was completely unnecessary,” he said.
But not even the dispute-resolving agreement prevented Democrats from proceeding to a politically charged vote earlier in the evening that was designed to force Republicans to decide whether immediate aid to disaster victims or deficit concerns held a higher priority.
And the rhetoric was far harsher during the day on the Senate floor, when Mary Landrieu, D-La., unleashed an unusually personal attack on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., saying the weeks-long controversy started when he said, “Before we can provide help we need to find offsets in the budget.”
She called that “the Cantor doctrine” and said the controversy “could have been avoided if Cantor had just said, `I’m sorry, but I made a mistake.’ But instead of saying that, he doubled down,” she said.
Laena Fallon, a spokeswoman for Cantor, responded that the Virginia Republican had “never said the things she alleged, he has only suggested that we ought to provide disaster aid dollars to those who need them in a responsible way – something that she’s voted to block despite the urgent need.”
In fact, House Republicans insisted that any new disaster aid for the expiring budget year be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget, a decision that Democrats seized on in hopes of reshaping the political terrain to their advantage.
Because the House is on a one-week break, it was not immediately clear how the legislation would be cleared for President Barack Obama’s signature.
Among the options are passage of a temporary funding measure, to be passed in a brief session of the House planned for Thursday, that would keep government agencies in funds until lawmakers return on Oct. 4. The Senate approved the bill without objections.
Alternatively, GOP leaders could call the full House back into session this week for a vote.
Either way, the agreement assures funding until Nov. 18.
FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen, said the agency had $114 million left in its disaster relief fund, enough to last until Thursday or Friday, the final business day of the current budget year. She said the exact timing would depend on the number of emergency victims who apply for aid, and whether any new disasters occur.
FEMA officials had said previously the funds would run out early this week. That concern prompted the Obama administration a few weeks ago to ask Congress to approve a replenishment to tide the agency over through the Sept. 30 end to the fiscal year.
House Republicans agreed weeks ago to provide $1 billion and include the money in a bill that also provides money for most federal agencies for the first few weeks of the 2012 budget year. At the same time, they insisted on cutting spending elsewhere in the budget by $1.5 billion to prevent the deficit from rising, an amount later raised to $1.6 billion.
That, in turn, produced a quick attack from Senate Democrats, who opposed cuts.
While it was unclear precisely how long FEMA’s remaining funds would last, one official said the agency began conserving funds last month as Hurricane Irene approached the U.S. mainland, prioritizing its aid to help individual disaster victims and pay states and local governments for immediate needs such as removing debris and building sand bag barricades.
Funding of $450 million has been put on hold for longer-term needs such as reconstruction of damaged roads, the official said. In addition, the agency has been able to reclaim unused money from past disasters, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing lack of authority to discuss the matter publicly.
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abbygirl1994
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:52pmVote them all out!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:22am“Before we can provide help we need to find offsets in the budget.”
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This is exactly what We The People want them to do in D.C. My dream is to someday see our government be revenue nuetral. Anotherwords… if we only take in $100 dollars, that’s the amount the government is allowed to spend, and NOT A DIME MORE!
America is in desperate need of a Hero, Allen West is mine!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:42amTrue FEMA story about how they waste ‘your’ money:
On Feb 14, 1998, I went to Watertown NY to help restore phone service from the devastation of an unbelieveable ice storm. I was there 31 daze, working 12 hrs a day, every day for those 31 days.
Now remember, I was making- in addition to my regular wage-24 hrs overtime/week, at 1-1/2 times my regular rate of pay. My gross for those weeks in Watertown was around $2,600/wk. In addition, the company was giving us a meal allowance. Long, cold days, but…. Sweet!
The Best Western in downtown, as well as all other motels/hotels, were completely booked. Normally, the BW was only occupied at 1/4 its capacity in winter.
For some reason, FEMA was picking up the tab for all the workers meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) despite the fact we were making all that money, AND already had a meal allowance from the phone co.
Those FEMA- paid meals were supposed to last only 2 weeks, but at least 3 weeks into our stay Best Western was just asking us to sign the receipt. All we did was tip the waitress!
Does that sound right? FEMA was paying for workers meals who were already being paid handsomely for their time (and meals) by their employer. This is just ONE example of ONE government agency at ONE disaster.
BTW, I’m not sure what exact services FEMA provided other than buying us our meals. I do know that National Guard personel drove trucks with huge generators to the many dairy farms twice a day so the cows could be mil
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:48amvote them all out, yes. every bill put forward should be a stand alone bill. i.e. funding for emergencies should be the only item requesting funding in the bill. congress has been doing this crap of loading up bills with pork projects far too long. if every bill had to be voted on according to it’s own merit for all to see then the votes would change.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:57amActually, we were in Watertown from Jan 15- Feb 14. My point is…that if FEMA was wasting that much money on all those meals, what else were they ******* away money on?
Were they giving the motels/hotels money for extra staff at a time of the year when they would not normally be needed? What else was tax-payer monry being spent on?
I’ll close with a tip of the hat to the people of Watertown. What nice people! A few would see the NJ license plate on my phone truck, walk up to me and say; “boy, your a long way from home”. I’d say “yea, kind of”, or something to that effect. They would stick out their hand to shake mine. They were the nicest people I worked for in the 39 years I worked for the phone co. Not one of the 10 guys in my group EVER’ had one citizen of the Watertown area complain about their service being out for the length of time it was. It was something we all talked about while there.
One of the guys in my group from Jersey said that if it were Ventnor, NJ, they would be threatening to sue after being without service for even an hour. It just proves that some people are meant to live in the city, and would not survive anywhere else.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:00amWhy are the Republicans not screaming out, UNDER NAZI PEOLSI AND HARRY REID, A LAW WAS PASSED KNOWN AS “PAY GO”. IT DEMANDS THAT AN OFFSET BE MADE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEW EXPENDITUTES. IT IS THE LAW!!!.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:01amcorrection: EXPENDITURES…
Report Post »Delta_River_Folk
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:22amA Straight Forward, BOLD, OUT of the BOX solution to our Nation’s Fiscal Policy
1) Shift 100% of tax collection from the Federal Government to State Governments, (as originally outlined in the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme court on multiple occasions before the 1900’s)
2) Delegate more than 70% of the federal governments spending to state governments (e.g., Health and Human Services, Housing, Education, Energy, Agriculture, Labor, Social Security, entitlements, etc..)
3) States would provide the federal government with enough money to cover the spending not delegated to the states (e.g., National Defense, Foreign Diplomacy, and other items originally outlined in the Constitution)
4) Each state would be responsible for a percentage of the federal government’s spending
Let’s put the “s” back at the end of the United State“s”
Report Post »xzero01
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:46pmdidnt they just take care of this crap like last month?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:13amThey did…I know I’m one American that is tired of this dog and pony show , we call our US government. They must think we are idiots.
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:28amIt would appear that the Republicans are scared of the Democrats or they would have stood there ground before now.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:28amSweathog…..
The Repubs will be replaced by Constitution-abiding Tea Party types. It is just a matter of time.
Do not be dismayed. It is still early, but there are encouraging signs. The ‘entrenched-in-Washington‘ old schoolers haven’t got it yet.
Actually,(and to be fair), some have got it, but are waiting for us TP’ers to really shove them in the right direction. That is the reason from here to the election in 2012 we need to be relentless. Call out the racists on the left, don’t back down for a second. Use Alinsky tactics, just as they use them against us. If they want to galvanize different ethnicities agsinst one another… so be it.
All Patriotic, Constitution-abiding Americans must realize that you cannot have dialogue with people who want to divide by race, gender, or social status. You must use the same tactics that they have been using for 50 years. Do we all understand that yet?
My gr-gr-etc grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence to once and for all avoid the tyranny his gr-father faced in England. He has to be looking down at this mess we are in and be getting sick to his stomach.
Report Post »Worriedone
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:44pmThe Dems are playing the republicans, Big Time! Dems want the congress to be hated. They seen what happened last election. So now they want to tear it down so they can blame the republicans. So they can take over power. The Republicans can‘t see this and won’t speak out. If the Dems get control again and the Pres steals the election, which the Unions and the socialists already have a plan to do. OUR country is done. No one is awake and when the rest of America wakes up it will be too late for all Americans. So prepare your families. Cause once it starts there will be a lot of dead Americans if your not the right race or you go to church or you don’t fall in line YOUR dead. I hope someone listens and starts wakeing up the rest of America. We can start with our families.
Report Post »behonest
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:09amCongress’ Ratings Have Plunged in Recent Years
This was in Gallup it shows Dems in congress are disliked 32% republicans 41%
Report Post »“Confidence in Congress hit a new low this month, with 31% of Americans saying they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the legislative branch, lower than the percentage confident in the executive (47%) or judicial (63%) branch. Confidence in the legislative branch is slightly higher among Republicans than among Democrats, 41% vs. 32%”.
AnotherCoverStory
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:04pmThank God they averted this manufactured crisis. How much longer can the Feds suppress the media from reporting on the truth? You know the coup in 2008? Don’t be the last to know
Report Post »http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/
pscully17
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:22pmheres the Bigger setup: Obama and Copmpany are always slamming the “legislative Process” its “gridlock” we cant get anything done.. then today, Rush reads a poll stating that 70 pct of the american public say that Congress is broken.. the system is broke.. 81 pct have 0 confidence in our leadership… do you see where we are headed? Right into 1 Giant super Committee called a POLLIT BUREAU… kind of like the kremlin… Even Obama is yelling at his Black base to quit whining, Crying and Complaining… WE KNOW BETTER THAN YOU… and I truly believe that Obama has pure contempt for anybody who is NOT him…. Now EAT your PEAS.. and STFU
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:33am95% of polls are made up.
Report Post »4.5% are by Chris pee on my leg Matthews.
PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:54pmIt is sooo stupid. I hope they do shut down but these politicians keep making deals to keep them going. SHUT DOWN.. Turn in your Black Berries. It’s over for you.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:45pmFEMA lied about not having enough money to cover disasters, the Senate did not do anything here and the title to this story should have been FEMA Causes Undo Panic By Lying About Funds!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:52pmI heard that also .. they have “found” some money … yea right … more cr*p from Obama and Co … another false emergency .. What else is in this bill .. enough of THIS GARBAGE!
TEA!
Report Post »IF NOT NOW WHEN
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:49pmDoes anyone believe that Boehner is not selling us out? He has to be primaried and defeated. I am sick of this cowardly politician. The House led by the Cowardly Lion will pass anything.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:31pmBoehner sold his soul to the devil of progressivism. He’s become a coward. I’m ashamed that I voted for him now. Fortunately that‘s a mistake I’ll never make again.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:50pmBoehner needs to go NOW! TEA Party start writing to your House members .. tell them you want him OUT!
TEA!
Report Post »infidelamerican
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:46pmAll this has done is strengthen the tea party and sending gop’er to the tea party. We the people want the spending stopped and want our elected officials to vote for what the people want. You will be un-elected if you continue to vote for re-election rather than vote for what your constituents want. BAM your done!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:46pmWhat “government shutdown”? This was FEMA .. that should NOT shut down the government (I wish someone would shut them down they can do less damage that way) What the TEA Party members were asking for was a suspension of “GREEN ENERGY MONEY” going out … LIKE SOLYNDRA more than one half BILLION dollars STOLEN FROM TAXPAYERS! The Dems used the MSM to make it sound like the TEA members were being unreasonable when they were being RESPONSIBLE! I am SICK TO DEATH of the demogoging by the DEMS and MSM … November 2012 we TAKE BACK AMERICA!
TEA!
Report Post »RA0725
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:45pmRead an article today about people lining up to get their disaster relief checks ($375). All the welfare receipients were told they couldn’t get checks because their money automatically come with their monthly stipend.
http://clinton.patch.com/articles/disaster-snap-applications-to-close-tuesday-at-social-services-offices
So now every time there is a bad rain storm it’s a windfall for the welfare leeches. They don’t have to do anything except get off their butt to spend the money.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:33pmDid they attach the Net Neutrality bill takeing effect nov 20 2011?
Report Post »LiveFromHell666
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:31pmI watched some of this on Cspan2 and the Super Congress created by
Report Post »the last debt limit increase bill was brought up over and over by
the Dems. I have a bad feeling this is going to be a problem back
room deals and not Televised not to mention unconstitutional.
I also heard a sob story of how road construction in Alaska had been
halted because of no F.E.M.A. money. I did not find any report of
road damage of the recent quake they had. Or are they building that
bridge to nowhere? Anyone who lives there knows the mode of most
transportation is Bush Pilot.
CatB
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:25pmSomeone needs to send Boehner some BALLS .. obviously he doesn’t have any!
Report Post »Spyder
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:30pmAnd what kind of riders did they attach to this one? Just more smoke and mirrors as we all fall down…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:49pmIndeed…what other attachments to make our lives more and more miserable have been attached, and how soon until these seeds of uttermost corruption begin to sprout?
Report Post »http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk art)
chershaw8
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:29pmBack in the day BEFORE FEMA, we never needed the government to give us money to rebuild after a disaster. In the 1800′s when San Fran had the great quake, and the fires, the great Chicago fire, Jamestown flood, etc., we cleaned up with our own two hands and with private businesses and monies. We don‘t need no stinkin’ FEMA!!!! so shut the government down, at least they’ll stop spending.
Report Post »Spyder
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:38pmPeople also didn’t build houses in flood basins, have their houses wiped out and then build them again in the same place with the expectation that our tax money would go to rebuilding them time and time again. People actually used their brains at one point in time, but no longer. Meanwhile, the FEMA goons keeps fattening the purse to handle these disasters while the rest of us live in antiquated infrastructure that should have been upgraded through our taxes.
Report Post »Hayabusa
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:28pm@Spyder
Report Post »My understanding is that part of the problem is insurance companies aren‘t paying to rebuild elsewhere because they don’t pay for the lot the house sits on. Instead they pay only to rebuild the structure only on the same spot or perhaps elsewhere if the owner buys a new lot. That insurer is the federal government. There should be no flood insurance available for new homes built in a flood plain and any home destroyed by a flood should receive enough benefits for it to be rebuilt on a new lot otherwise it’s just rinse and repeat.
MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:26pmYou know.. Its a sad day in America…when there are towns in need …..for how long now?
Report Post »And in the same MONTH.. their trying to get FEMA on point…they show a 1/2 Billion Dollar
fiasco on SOLAR PANELS….unbelievably shameful…
OlefromMN
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:00pmI just love how the Senate is now “approving” spending bills prior to House passage. How many of these fools do we need to vote out?
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:04pmWell, let’s see, for you, that would be TWO. Do you understand how I got that answer?
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:08pmEverybody but the Freshmen!!
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:33pm@BROKER0101
I have a shot at 1 next year. Nice jab though.
Report Post »22hornet
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:54pmThe House already passed the bill.. It does not need to go back to the House unless the Senate took out the spending cuts controlled by the DEMONCRATS.. They just want to keep spending more of our money.. The House will vote it back down I hope
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:50pmWatch the other hand! George Soros is funding Van Jones in accordance with John Holdren’s population control agenda by implementing the Cloward-Piven strategy. This fake “Senate vote” is, obviously, being facilitated by Richard Trumka, the Tides Foundation and SEIU to distract from David Axelrod, the NWO and the Bilderbergs’ efforts to create an Archduke Ferdinand Moment, in which World-Wide civil unrest will erupt. Goldline and Food Insurance, along with Mercury Radio Arts will be the only survivors. SO CALL TO ENROLL, ENLIST AND INVEST NOW!!!!!!!!
Report Post »booger71
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:21pmDoes your mom serve you your meals on TV trays in the basement?
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:17amLike he eats T.V. dinners… Basement trolls only eat hot pockets…
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:49pmDad gummit; this is not as good as it can get. We truly need the most conservative candidate; and the most “bulldog” minded GOP’er to get things done quick and right. Quick meaning the right laws passed and the wrong laws killed (Obamacare).
So who is it? Does Frank Luntz know? Does Hannity? Beck? O’Reilly? Levin?……Rush??? How about Ingraham?
Who can get it done and is that person even running yet? I know I don’t know for sure. It’s a soap opera right now and people need to get a bit more serious; because it is very serious.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:56pmuh yeah… Ron Paul is the only candidate who isn’t a complete lying douchebag. if anyone will work to reform the country, HE will. he already does… with every vote he makes…
Report Post »who is the ONLY candidate who thinks that you should keep 1 dollar out of every 1 dollar you earn? Ron Paul. that, alone, should tell you something…
22hornet
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:49pmhello test
Report Post »Ron Paul is a NUT
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:48pmOne less thing Obammie has to blame Repub’s for…
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:09pmyou’ve been propagandized by both parties huh? that’s sad…
the whole, “ron paul is a nut”, “don’t throw your vote away”, was started by the republicans AND democrats, when ron paul ran for president in 88 as a Libertarian, to keep the 2 party system…
In the 1988 presidential election, Paul was on the ballot in 46 States as the Libertarian Party candidate.[39] Paul scored third in the popular vote with 432,179 votes (0.5%).[40] Paul was kept off the ballot in Missouri, and received votes there only when written in, due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch termed a “technicality”.[41]
why he started…
He came to believe that what the Austrian school economists wrote was becoming true on August 15, 1971, when President Richard Nixon “closed the gold window” by implementing the U.S. dollar’s complete departure from the gold standard.[19] That same day, the young physician decided to enter politics, saying later, “After that day, all money would be political money rather than money of real value. I was astounded.”[20]
If he is a nut, so am i.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:20amWiki cut and paste…
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:48pmthis cr funds both obama scare and planned parenthood
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:44pmAll I can say is these wusses should not be in the position they presently occupy.
Report Post »The day to day mismanagement and outrages constitute a mentality unlike anything I would consider normal. Except for fatalists and egomaniacs bent on annihilation.
But we already know that. It just sucks to watch the rats scurrying about aimlessly.
shackero
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:32pmA government shutdown might not be a bad thing considering the pace our country is toward bankruptcy. It is time to live within our means!!!!
It all feels like shell-game—putting off the responsibility of balancing the budget now—-letting our children bear the costs!!!!!!!
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:32pm“House Republicans insisted that any new disaster aid for the expiring budget year be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget”
Disaster aid should not be tied to budget cuts…. that is sick!
Report Post »Marci
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:37pmWDawg–Fast and Furious, Stimuloot, Omnibus, on and on and on. Look to the left and right both or we don’t give a crap what you have to say. I haven’t figured out which of the 2/3 you land in. Tough call, maybe there is one in between, stupid and self-righteous.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:25pmThey almost keep getting it right !
Report Post »Marci
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:30pmWhy is it we almost keep shutting down every other month now? Do you think the 2/3 of the population who don’t get it will wake up? 1/3 of us see what is happening, 1/3 are ignorant or willfully ignorant and 1/3 want it all to fall and collapse. So, it seems at least the 1/3 that refuses to “waste their time” on politics would begin to see the writing on the wall.
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