In Shutdown Sham House Republicans Vote To Restore Funding To Already Funded WIC Program

[Tx4obama]

In Shutdown Sham House Republicans Vote To Restore Funding To Already Funded WIC Program

In another sham vote that was designed to do nothing more than win the PR war, House Republicans voted to restore funding to the already funded WIC program, 244-164.

22 Democrats joined with House Republicans in voting for the resolution. All other Democrats voted no.

House Republicans are still trying to fool the American people into believing that they really want to fund the government. The reason why this vote was a sham was that WIC has enough funding to last through the month of October. The National WIC Association strongly came out against the Republican resolution to restore funding, “Funding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in this piecemeal, short-term, stop-gap manner is not an acceptable solution. WIC has sufficient funds to operate through the month of October giving Congress more than sufficient time to pass a “clean” continuing resolution followed by the already marked-up full year FY-2014 House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations bills to fund WIC and the other critical child nutrition programs through the end of the 2014 fiscal year.”

Republicans like Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) took to the House floor to literally scream that this vote was about the children. What about the children? However, it is difficult to take the House Republicans concern for women and children seriously when earlier this year they voted to cut spending on WIC so deeply that 375,000 to 425,000 eligible low income women and children will be thrown off the program.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/04/shutdown-sham-house-republicans-vote-restore-funding-funded-wic-program.html

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. They are desperate for a PR win here. That's just sad.

[Mass]

2. There are PR operations. Some are afraid to look callous, hence these bills while they figure out

what they really want.

[gopiscrap]

3. GOP is shorthand for hypocrit!

[Filibuster Harry]

4. Remember when they complained about the children when President Obama and the secret

service ended the white house tours? Again NO SHAME Rs!!!

[pnwmom]

5. According to this article, they've already run out in Utah.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=27074351&fm=most_popular

Her youngest have medical problems and use a special baby formula that costs about $750 a month. She typically picks this formula up for free at the WIC office.

"We were supposed to go tomorrow for our appointment and pick some up, and they called today and said they were shutting down due to the government," Olney said.


As the federal government suspends all non- essential programs, some effects leave people scratching their heads or surprised they are funded by the federal government.
WIC offices across the state won't be re-opening until the government shutdown is resolved.

It's a move that took even the Utah Department of Health officials off guard. Until Monday, they thought a government shutdown would only have a minimal impact on the WIC program.

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