{"id":1027,"date":"2009-02-09T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/09\/stimulas-package-pelosi-vows-to-fight-republican-spending-cuts\/"},"modified":"2009-02-10T10:18:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T18:18:06","slug":"stimulas-package-pelosi-vows-to-fight-republican-spending-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1027\/stimulas-package-pelosi-vows-to-fight-republican-spending-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Stimulus Package: Pelosi Vows to Fight Republican Spending Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/pelosi_st_anthony_090208\/_w2w1344_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nA defiant House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed yesterday<br \/>\nto fight a Senate Republican economic stimulus bill that calls for a $40 billion<br \/>\nreduction in state funding over a House bill favored by Democrats.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 9, 2008<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a rare public appearance in her congressional district of San Francisco Sunday, serving the 35 millionth meal at a Tenderloin soup kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi marked the occasion to draw a parallel between the safety net provided to clients of Saint Anthony Foundation and a Democrat-supported $827 billion House economic stimulus package that aims to create as many as 4 million new jobs, &ldquo;cut taxes, and stabilize the economy, especially at the state level,&rdquo; Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/pelosi_st_anthony_090208\/_w2w1125_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSpeaker Nancy Pelosi, joined by California Senator Mark Leno<br \/>\nand Friar John of Saint Anthony Foundation, serves the 35 millionth meal<br \/>\nto volunteer Gigi Serafino, 12. Saint Anthony Foundation has been serving<br \/>\nthose in need since 1950.<\/p>\n<p>That safety net would include additional funding for state unemployment benefits and food stamps as well as funding for school construction, infrastructure and renewable energy investment.<\/p>\n<p>While the nation&rsquo;s unemployment rate has jumped to 7.6 percent, the highest in 16 years, the State of California is grappling with an unresolved $42 billion budget shortfall and a rising 9.3 percent unemployment rate with the looming prospect of unemployment insurance insolvency.<\/p>\n<p>There was no discussion around bringing an immediate end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to help offset the spiraling national debt, an expense that is costing US taxpayers $6 billion to $9 billion per month.<\/p>\n<p>But while State and Congressional Democrats are unified behind President Barack Obama in resolving the budget crises through supplying emergency aid to states, a competing Senate stimulus bill supported by Republican lawmakers calls for a reduction of $40 billion in State spending over the House bill favored by Democrats, a move Pelosi said will result in 600,000 fewer jobs.<\/p>\n<p>She criticized Republican policies arguing they advance &ldquo;prosperity for the few rather than honoring the work of the many.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Though the Senate is expected to pass its bill Tuesday, Pelosi vowed to continue to fight for more job creation and increased aid to states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won&#8217;t stop fighting no matter what the outcome of this bill is,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/pelosi_st_anthony_090208\/_w2w1226_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nPelosi lunches with Serafino and her grandfather, Winston Lee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A defiant House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed yesterday to fight a Senate Republican economic stimulus bill that calls for a $40 billion reduction in state funding over a House bill favored by Democrats. 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