Cantor Says Congress Won’t Pay For Missouri Disaster Relief Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere

[DearAbby]

Firefighters and rescue workers who arrived in Joplin, MO, found that the deadly tornado that hit the state Sunday had left a “barren, smoky wasteland” in its path. Rescue workers worked through more storms in an effort to find potential survivors, even as the death toll rose to at least 119. President Obama pledged full support to the state Monday, telling survivors, “We’re here with you. We’re going to stay by you.”

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), however, said that before Congress approved federal funds for disaster relief, it had to offset the spending with cuts to other programs. The Washington Times reports:

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that if Congress passes an emergency spending bill to help Missouri’s tornado victims, the extra money will have to be cut from somewhere else.

“If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental,” Mr. Cantor, Virginia Republican, told reporters at the Capitol. The term “pay-fors” is used by lawmakers to signal cuts or tax increases used to pay for new spending.

In 2005, Republicans criticized then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) for his willingness to fund relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by adding to the deficit. “It is right to borrow to pay for it,” he said at the time, explaining that cuts could “attack” the economy.


More http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/cantor-disaster-relief/

Again the GOP holds American people in need as hostage, what slime.

[Webster Green]

1. What a dickhead! They're still in search & recovery mode in Joplin.

Fucking unbelievable! :mad:

[Nay]

35. He is indeed a dickhead, he represents my VA district, and the voters here

vote for this prick every time cuz they LOVE him. He's a money-grubbing jerk and an asshole.

[Johonny]

2. take it out of Cantor's VIRGINIA district I say

[enough]

32. Excellent idea. (nt)

[tishaLA]

3. he's even more of an asshole than I thought

Just a disgusting piece of filth

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. "Rubber Meet Road" for the assholes that voted these people in. n/t

[snagglepuss]

14. Is Joplin Missouri Republican? If so your comment though harsh nails it.

[Bonhomme Richard]

23. It doesn't matter if Joplin is repug or not. What matters is the level....

conservatives are willing to take their insanity. There will be consequences for the average citizen...repug or not. Would he have said that if the headquarters of Citibank was in Joplin? I don't think so.

[Parker CA]

5. Vile SoB.

[butterfly77]

6. I can't wait until,,,

someone puts a foot in some of these republiCONS asses,stupid mfkers!!!

[madrchsod]

7. more bad weather on the way today.....

[RavensChick]

26. My goodness.

I can only hope it's just rain and not another twister. Heaven knows they're going through enough already.

Damn repukes!

[abelenkpe]

8. So again republicans proclaim they are willing to punish the weakest and most vulnerable

among us in order to get their way. And what they want is to cut 2 trillion from the budget. Cutting 2 trillion means laying off tens of thousands of people. Again punishing workers and destroying an already fragile economy. For what? To appease bankers?

[sinkingfeeling]

Already posted..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1163852

[Fleshdancer]

9. Fine, but I think it's only fair that Cantor go to Joplin and deliver this news himself.

:grr:

We are more than just an economy.

[truebrit71]

15. I think that's a fan-fucking-tastic idea....

...what a fucking scumbag...

[liberal_mama]

16. I agree! Cantor is a psychopathic piece of SHIT!

:(

[vim876]

20. Without bodyguards. nt

[Fleshdancer]

29. and without a cell phone or a car or a roof over his head....

That way he can really get the full experience.

[CherokeeDem]

10. Just when I thought those bastards could not stoop any lower...

This has to be the most disgusting comment yet out of these asses. Another display of their total lack of concern or compassion for anyone but themselves, and their corporate masters.

I have two former co-workers who live in Joplin (we worked for the same national company and in the same department, but lived in different areas of the country)...one of them lived near the hospital...I have no idea if they are alive and this jackass won't help the people of this community unless something else is cut. I really hope President Obama addresses this statement and calls the bastards out.

[murray hill farm]

11. It is incomprehensible that anyone..

could be such a heartless scumbag as is Erik Cantor.

[struggle4progress]

12. How quickly they forget! ... Virginia Asks for Disaster Relief (NBC April 2011)

Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 | Updated 4:54 PM EDT
Virginia Asks for Disaster Relief
ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Tim Persinko
Governor Bob McDonnell asked President Obama for federal disaster relief this weekend to help the state pick up the pieces after a devastating series of storms. On Saturday, the National Weather Service confirmed another two tornadoes had touched down in the state during the storm system that swept through the region on Wednesday and Thursday. That brings the total number of tornadoes in the state from the latest system up to 12 ...
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Va-Asks-for-Disaster-Relief-121028919.html

OK, Eric, let's all be courageous here! How about cutting disaster relief for Virginia so we can help out Missouri?

[Uben]

13. Let's talk about unnecessary wars.......

....what? Where did he go? Fuckin idiot.

[RavensChick]

17. He WHAT???

Slime is too polite so I'm gonna have to be a beeyoch for a second. (:ahem: clearing throat)

This piece of repuke shit calling his redneck ass a conservative has no balls, no brains, and he's got the fuckin' nerve to deny help to the people of Missouri??? Where the fuck was he when a whole town got wiped out by a ginormous tornado, over 100 killed, and all that's left are smashed houses, torn up buildings, no water, no gas, and survivors who lost everything???? He's got NO soul, NO conscience, and most of all, NO heart whatsover!!!! Find the damn money, you dickweed!!! Y'all got some funds laid up somewhere so FUCKIN' FIND IT AND HELP THEM!!!!!!!

Thank you. That is all.

:grr: :nuke:

[Parker CA]

18. Well done!

[RavensChick]

21. Thank you!

That really burned me up so I had to say something. Lest he forgot what happened in VA it could happen to his mansion.

[C_U_L8R]

19. Cantor is clueless and heartless

noblesse oblige motherf*cker

[Frustratedlady]

22. Cantor has always made me squirm uncomfortably, but he's exceeded my expectations.

What a slimy individual. He, along with most of the other Republicans, disgust me. How they can have any followers is scary. The division between Republicans and Democrats is widening each and every day.

[RavensChick]

30. Mine too!

He's like a big ass cockroach we need to stomp on big time. Get out the Raid on election day, guys!!

[idiotgardener]

24. This made me so angry I just called his office

[phone]

I told his aide that they could start cuts with Cantor's pension, since he's already rich, doesn't need it and would probably want to put America first. We can do without his pension but we can't do without a city.

The aide was short with me and hung up as soon as he possibly could without actually hanging up on me. He said he'd share it with Mr. Cantor. Sure.

[DearAbby]

27. Excellent idea..... [phone]

Call CALL CALL - Tell them what slime they are to hold these people hostage when they are still digging out.

[RavensChick]

31. Good for you, my dear!!

Welcome to DU, the best progressive place online!!!

:hi:

[idiotgardener]

34. Thank you!

I got off to a rocky start yesterday when most of my posts were removed in deleted subthreads and topics (still not sure why), but I'm giving it another try today.

[fishwax]

25. that's republican policy for you

:puke:

[City Lights]

28. Shout it from the roof top, Cantor!

Make sure all of America knows that when disaster hits, the GOP expects you to fend for yourself. Americans are most certainly not the priority of Republicans. Cold-hearted farkers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. Well that should go over well in Joplin. Not.

I don't know how red they are but they've had a republican congress rep for quite awhile.

[onethatcares]

36. what about cutting it from the supplemental war bills?

you know, those supplemental war appropriations.

[usregimechange]

37. Dear Congressman, from a survivor and resident of Joplin, have you been here?

Why don't you come take a look and than say that.