They all voted no.

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from ThinkProgress:

Democratic Congressman Refuses To Let Republicans Ignore GOP Security Budget Cuts In New Benghazi Hearing

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) blasted Republican efforts to renew questions into the Benghazi embassy attacks this week. As a member of the committee that will once again be hearing testimony on the attacks, Lynch categorically dismissed the persistent claim that the White House failed to provide adequate security at the Benghazi embassy.

In a heated exchange on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Lynch pointed out that Republicans voted against additional funding for embassy security when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requested it:

LYNCH: When Secretary Clinton and the State Department asked for additional funding for embassy security, [Republicans] all voted no. They all voted no.

WALLACE: We’re getting a little bit off track now. I understand there’s an issue about security. It’s a little bit off the track. I want to stay on course here –

LYNCH: No, this is the point. They’re complaining about a lack of security at the embassies after they voted against funding for security at the embassies. Is that not related?

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a primary driver of these new hearings, was one of the lawmakers who voted to cut nearly $300 million from the embassy security budget. Chaffetz shot back that funding had “nothing to do” with security . . .


read/watch clip: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/05/05/1964651/lynch-benghazi-budget-cuts/

vlh ‏@coton_luver 1h
@joanwalsh Issa cuts $331 mill in Embassy Security. http://bit.ly/10qCui1 . 60 Embassy deaths under GW Bush. pic.twitter.com/VlY3dnxi8I.#GOP

[annabanana]

1. Chris Wallace is SUCH an ass.

that's all

[madokie]

2. I remember when Bill Clinton

handed wallace that ass of his on a platter.
I wish I had a link to that as it was something to behold.

[indepat]

25. Chris Wallace is such an effin' ass-wipe and a second-rate partisan hack

for lagniappe.

[hobbit709]

3. Facts? We don't need no steenkin' facts.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. HIt them the fuck harder.

THEY were responsible for the lack of security. Point. Set and Match.

Who holds the purse strings makes the decisions. This is known everywhere.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. Rep. Lynch did a wonderful thing. He went into the lion's lair and roared.

The Know-Nothings who watch Faux News Channel are now hearing the truth, even if it will take weeks to sink through the rightwing bubble around their heads in order to reach their brains.

This had to be said. The Republicans crow and whine about lack of security at the embassies, but even SoS Clinton pointed out that they didn't receive the funding for it, although she stopped short of calling out that it were the Republicans who voted no and cut nearly $400 million.

Chaffetz is a major asswipe. If he believes funding has nothing to do it with, then he can say that giving more tax breaks to the "job creators" has nothing to do with creating jobs, no?

Republicans are useless, and a stain on the American people and politics.

[former9thward]

9. SoS Clinton did not call them out because it did not happen.

The cuts were never passed. They were sent to the Senate where it died.

[BlueCaliDem]

19. Actually, it did happen.

Although the House slashed funding, the Senate was able to restore much of it but still fell some $200 million short of the requested funds.

In Thursday’s hearings, Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer (CA), Robert Menendez (NJ), and Bob Casey (PA) didn’t shy away from recalling the effect Republican gutting of the State Department budget in the past Congress has had on diplomatic security. Boxer pointed out that the Obama administration requested $2.6 billion for the State Department in 2012, which the House of Representatives slashed. While the Senate was able to restore the a large amount of funding requested, State still wound up $200 million short over the last two years.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/12/20/1366171/benghazi-review-restore-gop-cuts/

Clinton repeated her call for more funding during Benghazi hearings in January. Belatedly, House Republicans announced support for restored embassy security funding in order to off-set sequestration budget cuts.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/05/05/1964651/lynch-benghazi-budget-cuts/

I do recall she had called them out on it. I'll have to look at the tapes again, though. But fact remains, House Republicans *had* proposed to cut the budget

[former9thward]

21. Yes they proposed it.

But the U.S. has not had a budget passed for years now. It operates on a series of continuing resolutions which are agreed to by a majority in both parties.

[BlueCaliDem]

23. That's a rightwing myth. Did you forget the 2011 Budget Control Act?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011

It even has the word "budget" in it.

[former9thward]

24. I wish people would read links they post.

The "Budget control act" was not a budget. It was a tweaking on future spending. The last time an actual budget was passed by Congress and signed by the president was 1997. Continuing resolutions ever since.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/budget/stories/080697.htm

[BlueCaliDem]

30. I wish people would stop parroting the old Republican myth.

The Budget Control Act is actually stronger than a normal budget resolution.

Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) has maintained that the Budget Control Act passed last year to resolve the debt ceiling standoff is better than a normal budget resolution. It's actually budget law, he said -- the portion of the "fiscal cliff" that comes from spending cuts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/republicans-budget-stall-senate_n_2303345.html

Now stop parroting the old Republican lie. I say old Republican lie because they're completely changed their tune and now speak of the Budget Control Act as the budget.

Lately, however, the Republican senators have been citing the Budget Control Act as if it is a budget to block legislation, raising budget "points of order" on measures that spend more than authorized in the Budget Control Act. By Senate rules, such a point of order requires 60 votes to waive, much the same as overcoming a filibuster.

Perhaps the most vigorous adherent of the point-of-order strategy is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Budget Committee.

He raised a number of objections Thursday, stymying attempts to pass legislation to extend extra federal backing of large bank transactions.

“We will adhere to the budget agreement that we made with the American people 16 months ago,” Sessions said after his point of order succeeded, referring to the Budget Control Act.

Need I remind you that this is the Democratic Underground, not Drudge Report?

[former9thward]

33. I guess the American Prospect is also part of the "republican lie machine".

Is there anyone in YOUR world who isn't? The last time the U.S. passed a real budget was in 1997.

http://prospect.org/article/does-congress-even-need-pass-budget

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Republicanism is Magical: Security is Produced by Magical Dust, not Actual Money Funding

GOP: We needed more security for the embassies and State facilities!

The Sane: But you cut $300 million from the budget.

GOP: That's irrelevant! That's not the issue!

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They're so fond of their stupid little "If you ran your household like this" analogies, let's try it out here:

GOP: We needed to do more routine maintenance to the house!

The Sane: But you cut $1000 out of our house maintenance budget!

GOP: That's irrelevant! We still needed more maintenance!

UM, huh?

[pangaia]

11. I'm with you all the way..

But.. former9thward above says that the cuts never happened because they died in the Senate. ??
I'm just trying to find as much accurate info as I can to fend off arguments from several republican (rather moderate) friends.. One guy works for me, is intelligent, great guy..refers to himself as a 'red-neck with human leanings." :&gt

He CAN BE educated and influenced, if I do it right..

[JaneyVee]

7. Darrell Issa voted NO as well.

[xtraxritical]

13. I live next to Issa's district (used to be in it) in Ken Calvert's district,

Issa is the "barking dog" distraction that allows Calvert to covertly do the dirty work. Corruption is rampant in this area, remember Cunningham and the other crooked congressman from S.D., same area.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Tell me about it

We cover SD politics.

Don't expect the UT to accidentally cover this though

You must live in Riverside though.



Sort of close

[Life Long Dem]

8. If the Democrats didn't fund the FAA recently

And a plane crashed, we would never hear the end of it. The Republicans would be hammering this. Yet not one word about the Republicans not funding Benghazi. Go figure.

[zerosumgame0005]

10. here it is

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=chris+wallace+bill+clinton+interview&mid=3770F5847ECACF928D463770F5847ECACF928D46&view=detail&FORM=VIRE7

Once Bill gets going chewing his ass Chris is soooooooooo desperate to change the subject!

[pangaia]

12. OH MAN, I remember that.....

Puurrricelesss....!!

The Big Dog did a lot of good shit and some bad shit, but he sure could lay out what was what...!

[xtraxritical]

14. "Big Dog did a lot of good shit and some bad shit" and he sure can lift his leg on Wallace.

[pangaia]

15. Boy I enjoyed that...

Wallace is such a cock sucking, ignorant, little, toothless mouthpiece.

[xtraxritical]

18. Hey, ^that^. :-)

[L0oniX]

20. What I want to see is Wallace and Blitzer on Jeopardy together.

I have an idea that they'd make good team mates.

[Generic Other]

17. Oh you stupid little right wing insects

Flying in circles.

[napkinz]

22. ahem ...

[Octafish]

26. There's the story.

GOP gets called out and they collapse.

[Dman292]

27. Video

That video was awesome

[sarisataka]

28. facts, facts, facts

Pshaw.

Mr Chaffertz should prove his point and place a bill to cut congressional security budget by 80%. It will show how there us No link between funding and security...

[freshwest]

29. Good for him.

[dogknob]

32. "Off-track..." Bwahaha! Try "owned" n/t

[lame54]

34. It's Chris Wallace's job to get it off track...

of the real story

and keep it on the pre determined narrative express

[MrScorpio]

35. Cutting the Embassy Security Budget had nothing to do with security?

Only in that weird little world that Republicans live in.

[lame54]

36. If funding has nothing to do with security...

it's time to re-examine the military budget

[SidDithers]

37. DU Rec...

and kick back to the top.

Sid

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

38. Great graphic! Thanks for posting

[napkinz]

39. kick

nt

[kentuck]

40. This should be the talking polnt for every Democrat

Fight fire with fire. If the Repubs had voted for more security, maybe they could have saved those people??