A dispute between parties over whether to offset additional disaster aid funding with cuts in other areas triggered another showdown in recent days on Capitol Hill. It turns out FEMA was able to find enough money to get through the month, but what did this latest debate show us? Why did Republicans insist on cuts elsewhere in exchange for more disaster recovery assistance? What was the Democratic response to GOP calls to pay for the extra disaster aid? How might the Democrats be compared to a teenager? We discuss it all with Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold, who also urges his own party to get moving on appropriations bills or else risk losing the moral high ground with Democrats on fiscal responsibility.
