Republicans reject 1 percent cut to Interior Department

[Free Vulcan]

Dozens of House Republicans on Friday voted down language that would have imposed a 1 percent cut on funding for the Department of the Interior, forcing the proposal to fail.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., offered up the language as part of a giant spending bill that combines four of the 12 annual appropriations bills. Blackburn often proposes amendment make a small overall cut to various agencies in order to tackle the $20 trillion national debt.

But Republican opposition prevented its passage.

In a Friday morning vote, 68 Republicans opposed it, prompt it to fail 156-248. In the final vote, 154 Republicans supported Blackburn's plan.

Blackburn was one of several Republicans who backed a Thursday letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., asking him to take up several possible ideas to cut spending.

Read more at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-reject-1-percent-cut-to-interior-department/article/2633815

[catfish1957]

NOT EVEN 1%????????

GOP is no better that the trash across the aisle.

[skeeter]

Its completely broken. It cannot be fixed.

I feel like Joseph Cotton in a 18 foot launch heading towards Niagra falls. No stopping it.

[LMAO]

NOT EVEN 1%????????

GOP is no better that the trash across the aisle.

What will they cut if they can't cut even that?

If they can't cut even that, there's no way they will ever deal with the biggest drivers of our debt today and in the future(SS,Medicare,Medicaid, Military)

[Bigun]

Its completely broken. It cannot be fixed.

I'm very afraid you are right!  We have reached the tipping point and it tipped the wrong way.

[INVAR]

NOT EVEN 1%????????

GOP is no better that the trash across the aisle.

They are WORSE than the Communist Democrat trash across the aisle.

Already reading the GOP Party hack Sycophants and morons insisting that we must vote for the GOP to stop Pelosi, Schumer, Warren, Harris and Gellibrand next year.

Screw that and screw such people.  The GOP is BECOME the Democrat Party in total.  Anyone voting for someone in the 2-sided Oligarchy are just contributing to Establishment Communists.  I do not care what supposed 'Conservative' bona-fides they have.  If they are Conservative, they need to GET OUT of the Republican party.

It's a dead party Jim.

Worse than dead. 

They are overt traitors to the cause.

[Suppressed]

Why should Interior alone take a 1% cut?

[catfish1957]

Why should Interior alone take a 1% cut?

EXACTLY!!!!

That is why Fedzilla as a whole needs to be gutted.  My plan would be to eliminate everything except defense, and have a limited treasury, and state Dept..  I would then eliminate every other Department, Commission, and agency after (2) below.  Then add two which (1)  that basically functions around the logistics, mediation, and coordination  of newly empowered states. (2) Create a short term Commission that determines the level of redundancy fed services have with State and Local governments.  My guess is we have 80-90% redundancy with Fed and State regulatory functions.  Determine those then eliminate them.  Looking roughly at the numbers, I am guessing this could save he taxpayers in the neighborhood of $1 T/yr.  Can you imagine what our economy would do, with $1T re-infused into it?