Democratic Reps. protest Obama budget cuts

by Guest Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:19 am

Massachusetts congressmen Jim McGovern and Michael Capuano joined former Democratic congressman Joe Kennedy to criticize the administration's attempts to cut in half the $5.1 billion budget to fund LIHEAP, the low income energy assistance program.

McGovern said that while he has been a firm supporter of Obama, this was not a protest against the president but instead against the cuts.

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/democratic-reps-protest-obama-budget-cuts/

by Guest Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:44 am

If only they were giving the "cold shoulder" to poor people. It seems to be it will lead to people being very cold all over. This program needs to be expanded, not contracted, because there are more people that need the assistance now.

"Kennedy admonished the president by saying that simply because the Republicans won the election it "doesn't mean we drop our values and give the poor a cold shoulder.""