McHugh breaks ranks, votes with Dems on war funding
John McHugh, the North Country Republican, was one of just five GOP House members who voted in favor of President Obama's $106 billion war funding bill.
McHugh, of course, has been taped to serve as Obama's Army Secretary, though there's no word yet on his confirmation vote.
posted by Brian Mann @ 6/17/2009 12:09:00 PM
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Smart move on his part. The guy just got offered a new job. He's already learned how to play nice.
Who says Republicans can't be taught?
Follow-up: A conservative group just blasted Rep. McHugh for voting with the President.
"Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today strongly condemned Congressman John McHugh for voting to approve $108 billion in assistance to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “a critical loss for American taxpayers, the dollar, and the economy.”
“Congressman McHugh just voted to destroy the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency by expanding the IMF by $108 billion on the same day China, Russia, India, and Brazil were meeting to bolster the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights as an alternative to the dollar,” said Wilson.
The legislation, HR 2346, contained a $100 billion line of credit to the IMF and the $8 billion increase the nation’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) holdings.
“The American people are tired of handing out welfare. And now they are on the hook for another $100 billion credit line overseas to the IMF thanks to Barack Obama and his cronies,” said Wilson.
“Congressman McHugh voted for a global bailout at a time when the American people are having a hard time making ends meet, making their payments on time, and keeping their jobs.”
The $100 billion line of credit itself would be the SDR equivalent of $100 billion on the date of the agreement. Currently the U.S. has a $10 billion line of credit to the IMF worth SDR 6.6 billion. The proposal would also increase the U.S. share in the IMF by SDR 4.97 billion at a cost of $8 billion, bringing the total cost to taxpayers to $108 billion, greater than the war supplemental itself.
“While the U.S. financial system is sinking, the national debt is weighing down the American people at $11.3 trillion and the deficit is at $1.84 trillion, and the Obama Administration has absolutely no plan to get the nation out from under $104 trillion of unfunded liabilities, Congressman McHugh thinks it’s a good time to send $100 billion overseas to a failed international institution to dispense welfare checks to failed states,” Wilson said.
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