No Shutdown, But a Lot of Sellouts | Common Dreams

No Shutdown, But a Lot of Sellouts | Common Dreams

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So who won the standoff? President Obama says the deal is good for the future, and that might make some Democrats think that he and the Democrats prevailed.

They didn't.

The one-week spending bill enacted by the House and Senate contains $2 billion in spending cuts to transportation, housing and community development programs.

A Senate Appropriations Committee review says that most of the $2 billion in cuts contained in the one-week bill come from a $1.5 billion slashing of the Federal Railroad Administration's High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail program. More cuts are achieved by hacking $220 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Fund. And research into making air travel safer and more efficient took cuts as well.

In other words, precsiely the sort of programs that Democrats used to defend were slashed.

The Senate agreed to the one-week plan by unanimous consent.

Seventy House members opposed the bill. Of those 70 "no" votes, 42 came from Democrats

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I agree, many dem sellouts. do dems really think to regain territory by being cowards or worse? Did they not get the message last year when many in the base stayed home or voted otherwise?

I certainly would not wish Obama or many senators to negoatiate contracts for me.