John Boehner: 'No threat' of shutdown over disaster aid (after a stunning Repub defeat)

[pinto]

Apparently the fault lines within the Repub party, and their overall intransigence, continue to be a major obstacle to effective legislation. ~ pinto

John Boehner: 'No threat' of shutdown over disaster aid
By Lisa Mascaro
September 22, 2011, 9:00 a.m.

After a stunning defeat, House Republican leaders are considering dropping or changing their requirement that disaster aid be paid for with spending cuts elsewhere.

Republican leaders are racing the clock to avoid a government shutdown after their spending bill for the coming fiscal year, which begins Oct.1, was rejected in a surprise setback. They insisted on spending cuts to cover aid for victims of Hurricane Irene and other recent disasters. Democrats soundly rejected that approach.

Now Republican leaders are scrambling to make the legislation more palatable to Democrats, whose votes GOP will need to pass the bill. Their own conservative ranks also oppose the bill, saying overall spending levels are too high.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to run out of disaster aid Monday.

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[Jefferson23]

1. I love those two words together, Republican's and defeated. K&R n/t

[WhiteTara]

2. Glad to see the Orangeman in a sweat. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, pinto.

[Stuart G]

4. K and R