If there was ever any doubt about House Minority Leader Eric Cantor's belief that any federal relief for Joplin tornado victims has to be
accompanied by spending cuts, he removed it Tuesday:
The Virginia Republican said “if there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.”
The House Republican leader is the first to push for spending cuts related to the disaster that has already claimed over 100 lives. Democrats slammed the Republican leader, saying it amounted to “ransom.”
At this point, Cantor's colleague, Seventh District Congressman Billy Long, who has been pushing for federal relief for Joplin, has said nothing about Cantor's remarks.
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Dear Mr. Turner,
I just want you and your neighbors to know that Randy and Dorothy here in New Hope PA are watching and waiting to know how we can help. I am going to subscribe to your blog so keep letting us know what's going on.
We send our love to all of you.
Thank you for the kind words and for the offer of help. I will be posting ways to help from time to time for the next several days.
Any truth to the stories about sewer problems? I'm hearing that people can't use their toilets and that raw sewage is all around in North Joplin/Royal Heights.
The uprooted trees have distroyed much of the underground infrastructure including water lines. Many of the needed motels did not have potable water as of Tuesday night, I've been told.
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