Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long Tell a Different Story of Troop Funding in the Boehner Compromise

Vicky Hartzler once again showed her lack of judgement as she voted for the Boehner compromise that limits spending cuts to just $39 billion in the next budget. However, she tells a different story about military funding and paychecks than her neighboring Congressman Billy Long in Missouri's 7th District.

The Springfield News-Leader shares Hartzler's account of the deal:

A few minutes before Congress began voting, freshman Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a Harrisonville Republican who voted for the deal, tweeted this to her followers: "We've got a deal! No government shutdown! Troops will be funded. Historic cuts to federal spending -- we are reversing course on spending."



Billy Long, who many question his competence tells a different story in his account of Boeher's bad compromise:

"They rattled off more different numbers than an auctioneer Friday night in explaining what had been agreed to," Long wrote in an e-mail to the News-Leader.

"I voted against the one-week stop gap continuing resolution Friday night because it didn't fund the troops for the rest of the year and didn't cut enough spending. We need to quit using our fighting men and women as political pawns."

Now remember Long said earlier in the week on Twitter that a deal was done to ensure the troops got paid. Now he says they aren't going to get paid, while Hartzler says they will get paid. Someone wasn't paying attention...

It so happens that Billy Long's spokesperson tells a different story than Congressman Long. He told the News-Leader:

Bret Funk, spokesperson for Long, said the proposed resolution that will be voted on before Thursday is supposed to fund troops for the full year; Long favored a bill the House voted on earlier in the week that guaranteed funding for troops so they wouldn't be left as pawns in the budget negotiations.

Poor Billy, this job really is too hard for him. At least he got the vote right! I bet Bret Funk has a tough job.