Democrats Rescind Recovery Act Funding to Finance More Ineffective Spending
Rob Bluey /
Conservatives began talking about rescinding the stimulus after President Obama signed it into law. Liberals are starting to listen.
House Democrats approved an amendment to the Afghanistan and Iraq war supplemental yesterday, 239 to 182, that cuts more than $1.6 billion originally allocated for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (complete list below). Among the notable rescissions: $487 million from the government’s nutrition program for low-income women and children, known as WIC.
A statement from Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) says the rescissions come from programs that “no longer require the funding, have sufficient funds on hand, or do not need the funding this year or next.”