House to vote on stripping HUD secretary Donovan’s travel budget

The House will vote Thursday
on a measure to strip the travel budget of President Obama’s housing secretary.

The measure is sponsored by
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), who weeks ago called for Housing and Urban
Development Secretary Shaun Donovan’s resignation over what he and other
California members believe has been the administration’s subpar response to the
housing and foreclosure crisis that has crippled the state’s housing market.

{mosads}Cardoza’s California
district is one of the hardest hit in the country by the housing crisis.

If the measure passes, it
would be a shot across the bow against the Obama administration’s handling of
the foreclosure crisis.

Donovan will meet Thursday
morning with Cardoza and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,
where he was expected to receive a verbal berating by Democrats representing
districts with disproportionately high home foreclosure rates.

Cardoza’s bill is one of 24
amendments to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations
bill the House will consider Thursday.

Cardoza, who sits on the Rules Committee, was able to tack on
the amendment late Wednesday during the committee’s consideration of a rule
allowing the Transportation-HUD bill to come to the floor Thursday.