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cantor of virginia said that any new government spending on irene will have to be offset in new budget cuts. and we had discussions before and that money will be offset with appropriate savings or cost-cutting elsewhere to meet the priority of the federal government. >> reporter: since 1990 of the $130 billion in fema disaster funs, $110 billion came from the emergency congressional funding. the democrats say the idea of dragging fema into a political budget battle is unprecedented. >>...