GOP Funds Climate Disaster Relief By Cutting High-Speed Rail, Cuts Nearly $2 Billion From Obama Clea

[Donnachaidh]

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/06/15/246432/gop-fund-climate-disaster-relief-by-cutting-high-speed-rail-cut-nearly-2-billion-from-obama-clean-energy-budget/

On a party-line vote, the House Appropriations Committee approved a FY 2012 energy and water budget that “contains deep cuts to Obama clean energy priorities, including to solar energy, fuel efficient vehicle funding, energy efficiency research, weatherization and biomass research and development,” $1.9 billion below Obama’s request, with a 90 percent cut to weatherization programs for working families.

On a voice vote, the committee adopted an amendment by subcommittee chair Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) to cut $1 billion in high-speed rail funding to provide emergency flood-related funding to the Army Corps of Engineers for the Mississippi River valley.

The Tea Party continues to fund climate disaster relief by cutting programs that fight climate pollution and build clean-energy resilience. Their oil-fueled policy of robbing Peter to pay Paul will accelerate devastating the global warming disasters that threaten America and the world.

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[ClarkUSA]

1. Thank you for the facts. The Koch Party anti-green/anti-Obama strategy is humming along.

For those who are always wondering why President Obama isn't doing this and that, THIS IS THE REASON WHY.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Like killing dogs and cats during the Great Plague

GOP - Great Minds of the Middle Ages!

http://awalkinhistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/friday-2nd-may-2008-great-plague.html

"The plague is spread by black rats (Rattus Rattus) - their fleas carry the virus from the rats to humans but people had no idea of the connection until the 1890s. At the time the government believed that cats and dogs were to blame, so set about killing 200,000 cats and 40,000 dogs. As cats and dogs are the natural predators of rats this was not the wisest move and consequently the plague spread to the centre of the city."