The fight over whether to offset emergency spending on disaster relief, as Eric Cantor wants, could end up being the most interesting upcoming battle in Congress. The lines aren’t drawn in an entirely partisan way on this one. In particular, Republican Governors in the states affected want to see that disaster relief, and don’t care about offsets.
Disaster Relief-for-Offsets Proposal Generates Local Backlash |
| By: David Dayen Thursday September 1, 2011 7:12 pm |


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