House GOP Threatens Government Shutdown To Get Steeper Cuts To Food Assistance, Financial Regulation

[Galraedia]

Source: ThinkProgress

House Republicans made it clear earlier this year that they had no intention of upholding the debt deal reached in 2011, despite a vow from President Obama that he would veto any appropriations bills that attempted to cut more spending than was agreed upon last August and a pledge from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that the deal would be upheld in the Senate.

After earlier indications that they would make substantial cuts to domestic programs to preserve defense spending, the House Appropriations Committee made it official yesterday, setting a spending level $27 billion below the level agreed to in the debt deal. The committee, bowing to the GOP’s more conservative wing, will make deep cuts to food assistance, financial regulations, and a host of other programs, setting up the potential for a government shutdown when the fiscal year ends in October, Politico reports:

The House begins with a total of $1.028 trillion for discretionary spending, $19 billion below the $1.047 trillion target set last summer and $15 billion below what was enacted just months ago for the current 2012 fiscal year. Republicans would also go $8 billion over the caps set in the Budget Control Act for defense spending[/b, and the result would be a net reduction of more than $27 billion from all other appropriations.

This translates into an added cut of about 5 percent, with the burden falling chiefly on a half-dozen domestic spending bills affecting nutrition programs, transportation, financial regulatory agencies, natural resources, and especially the labor, health and education bill cited by Dicks.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/04/26/471499/house-gop-government-shutdown/

[BootinUp]

1. "Make my Day fools."

insert pic of Obama smiling.

[freshwest]

11. This must be their promised 'October surprise.' I hope they fold, but can't help...

Feeling anxious for those for whom these programs are their lifeline. And those who work to take care of them in many situations who are already taking the media abuse and are daily stigmatized by the GOP now in office.

People are weary of these stunts, and the ones most hurt only have the good will of Obama and Democrats to look after them since they are in no position to fight back. Literally, their lives are in their hands.

[roguevalley]

14. I hear you but if they get their cuts the pain is permanent. If they

do this we can save programs. The Pugs are as close to nazis as this country has come I think. I can't stomach even looking at them, they are so cruel.

[cstanleytech]

17. Either way the pain will be permanent.....to them. I think most of the american people are about fed

up with their continued threats to shut down the government and hopefully it will backfire big time on them and we will get a clear senate and congressional majority and then we can tell the gop to go piss up a rope and finally try to fix the problems they have caused this nation due to their blind ideological stupidity.

[eyewall]

2. Pure evil.

[jberryhill]

3. "and especially the labor, health and education bill cited by Dicks"?

Yeah, looks like they called that one right.

[gateley]

4. Unbelievable. Petulant children. nt

[Kablooie]

10. Petulant children that hold people's lives in their hands.

[saras]

23. No. If they're children, I'll have to go back to believing in spanking with broom handles...

They are pathological criminals, is what they are. I don't know what it about people's magical, irrational belief in "party politics" that prevents so many from seeing this, and from ACTING ON IT.

[bemildred]

5. Bring it.

[rppper]

6. Let 'em go!!!

Tear it up republican warriors....it worked so well for you during Clinton....already had your bluff called during the debt ceiling crisis....go for it asshole!

[DallasNE]

7. Have This House Proposal Scored By CBO

On the impact for job "creation". If that score indicate negative 300,000 jobs, what will the Republican response be?

[oldhippydude]

8. that should guarantee

that we take back the house & hold the senate... make our day

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Mitch McConnell (Jelly-KY) know his days will soon be over. n/t

[Thor_MN]

12. The potential of a lame duck teabagging congress riding themselves out of town on a rail....

[PatrynXX]

13. sounds like old man potter

the richest and meanest man in town.

Seriously though, if Obama would actually stick to his guns, he would easily be re elected if they pulled such a stunt. Hate it when Republicans gamble with American lives..

[Rain Mcloud]

15. Ha ha!

[sakabatou]

16. Screwing the poor like no one else

[Downwinder]

18. Is this a Republican strike call or a lock out.

[kitt6]

19. Satan lives.

I never thought that I would speak such superstition. Now: Which republican is it? I think you start with Old, and the mouth!

[sofa king]

20. Republican job creation: Church Shooters.

You will recall that Sean Hannity follower Jim David Adkisson killed two and wounded seven before being tackled by the members of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.

His written manifesto cited, among other things, his unemployment and the fact that his food stamps were about to run out.

[LynneSin]

21. Go for it

And then wonder why you lost big in November!

[AlbertCat]

22. If they shut down a GOP government...

.... would anyone notice?


The do-nothing GOP.

This is a good time to resurrect that meme.

DO NOTHING GOP CONGRESS
DO NOTHING GOP SENATORS

[Javaman]

24. perhaps if the gop stamp their feet harder and throw a bigger tantrum...

that will work for them. LOL