After Irene Batters Her District, GOP Rep. Hayworth Pledges To Hold Disaster Funds Hostage For Budget Cuts

Last week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) shockingly demanded that Congress should not approve emergency aid to states battered by Hurricane Irene unless it makes offsetting budget cuts elsewhere first. Several other congressional Republicans have made the same demand since then. Now, Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY) has joined this chorus of disaster aid hostage [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/09/01/310372/hayworth-irene-budget-cuts/

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