Robbing the MCC to Pay for Pork

As MCC watchers worry about the fate of its $3 billion FY08 funding request within a tight International Affairs account and during a time when global engagement in poverty reduction and instability is most pressing, comes a shot across the bow. Senators Domenici and Hutchinson filed budget amendment 722 rescinding $21.7 million in already appropriated funds to the MCC to fund a canal project in the Rio Grande. The vote could come up as early as an hour from now, or perhaps tomorrow morning.Keep a look out for our next piece on the larger funding situation of the MCC...