Monday, October 14, 2013

House bill would pay back the states for opening national parks


http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/328283-gop-bill-pays-back-states-for-reopening-national-parks



can you believe the hipocrisy of these republicans?  
they caused all that is going on as a result of the shutdown, and they are running around acting like they are trying to help the people by offering money to open insignificant things that others already offered to do. 
do they think we did not see that story about the WWII memorial what they are doing does that do nothing to help when they hold the pen that would end this today but the won't bring it to the floor because they don't have enough votes to kill it. and you thought 42 votes to repeal ACA was insane.
More than a dozen members of the House have proposed legislation that would require the federal government to pay back states for the costs of running national parks during the shutdown.
The Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act, H.R. 3286, would require the government to reimburse states for these costs no more than 90 days after federal appropriations are available again.
The bill, from Rep. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), was introduced one day after the National Park Service said it would let three states reopen certain parks that were closed because of the shutdown. The Interior Department says it is willing to make similar arrangements with other states that are willing to foot the bill for opening the parks
"While I'm pleased that the Obama administration has finally relented and allowed individual states to get our National Parks open again, it's unacceptable that a state like Montana could be forced to bear even more of a financial burden because of Washington's failures," he said in a statement over the weekend.

they want you the taxpayer to pay for what they did, haven't they taken enough advantage of us?   white knights on white horses are fairy tales you can't set the fire then show up and borrow a bucket and some water to put it out, especially when we all know you set it. there are no limits to what they will do and remember it all hinges on whether you fall for the lies.