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To: Alighieri who wrote (624837)	8/17/2011 3:24:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576761

Look what crap for brains is saying now that he's been on recess for a while and had a chance to talk to his constituents: Cantor urges House GOP to avoid brinksmanship in spending fights By Erik Wasson House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) urged rank-and-file Republicans in a Wednesday memo to avoid brinksmanship in upcoming battles over Washington spending. The message from the majority leader is an effort to prevent the kinds of fights over government spending that could lead to government shutdowns this fall if Congress cannot agree on legislation to fund the government. It suggests Republican leaders worry they could take a political hit if there is a government shutdown from voters already irritated over the contentious summer talks over raising the debt ceiling. Congress must approve a continuing resolution by the end of September to fund the government. Cantor sought to place the blame for a struggling economy on President Obama’s policies, but he emphasized it would be critical for House Republicans to “do our best to minimize unnecessary uncertainty” going forward. To do so, Cantor said House Republicans should agree to appropriations bills for 2012 that reflect the spending levels agreed to in the debt-ceiling deal reached earlier this month. The majority leader acknowledged that many Republicans wanted deeper cuts, but he stressed that the agreement represented a real spending cut from current levels. “While all of us would like to have seen a lower discretionary appropriations ceiling for the upcoming fiscal year, the debt limit agreement did set a level of spending that is a real cut from the current year level,” Cantor wrote. “I believe it is in our interest to enact into law full-year appropriations bills at this new lower level.”? ? The majority leader also urged his members to support the deficit supercommittee created by the debt deal. That panel is charged with coming up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts; if it fails, automatic cuts to domestic and defense spending would be triggered. “I have heard some assert that certain sectors would be better off under the sequester,” he wrote. “I believe this is false and would unnecessarily induce more uncertainty and a worse policy outcome.” Cantor wrote that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had made “strong selections” to represent House Republicans on the panel, and that he was confident it would be successful. He said it was “critical that their efforts enjoy the full support of our Conference.” The creation of the panel has come under stiff criticism from some Republicans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), a presidential candidate who called it a “dumb idea” that concentrates too much power in 12 members. Cantor argued that businesses are sitting on piles of cash in part because of uncertainty about the direction of Washington policymaking. He also suggested that this uncertainty is leaving voters increasingly angered with their representatives in Washington. Polls show Congress’s approval ratings are at an all-time low. “To be fair, few of my constituents are coming up to me and using the phrase ‘policy uncertainty,’” he wrote. “But they are talking about the mess in Washington, the constant sense — fueled by those maniacal countdown clocks on cable TV — that we are ‘THIS CLOSE’ to going over the cliff. People feel like they have no idea what Washington will or won’t do next.” read more.............. thehill.com