Saturday, September 24, 2011

The New Standoff: Clean-Car Jobs Vs. Disaster Relief

The New Standoff: Clean-Car Jobs Vs. Disaster Relief: "The once-rare possibility of a federal government shutdown has reared its head again — this time over House Republicans' desire to offset spending for disaster relief with money for other, unrelated projects.

A clean car loan program has become a key battleground. The House spending bill would take $1.5 billion from the program for disaster relief. Democrats say that would be a huge mistake...."

2 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

Of course the Republicans don't want clean cars.  They are paid by the oil companies.

Underground Politics said...

So much dirty money these days.