Cantor insists on cuts to first responders to offset disaster aid

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor clearly hates America. During the 10th anniversary of 9/11, he is insisting that first responders funding get the axe to pay for President Obama's request for $5.1 billion in disaster aid.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, whose home state of Virginia was hit by an earthquake and Hurricane Irene, is demanding more partisan spending cuts in exchange for approving the request. From Politico:

But a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) signaled late Friday that the GOP is likely to insist on offsets for the $500 million in emergency funds Obama requested for 2011....
"The House has passed $1 billion in disaster relief funds that is fully offset, which we will look to move as quickly as possible."

The funds referenced by Cantor’s spokesperson are contained in the House Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which is adamantly opposed by Senate Democrats. Why? The "offsets" contained in the bill are actually massive cuts to first responders.

The House bill Cantor is insisting on would cut funding for equipping and training first responders by 40 percent, in addition to cutting FEMA funding by 6 percent.