House Committee Votes To Cut Funding For Amtrak WASHINGTON -- Within a day of an Amtrak derailment that killed at least 7 people and injured many others, a House committee voted Wednesday to slash funding for the railroad service, over objections from Democrats. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/13/house-funding-amtrak_n_7276026.html?utm_content=buffer4d687&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer How do these people stay in power?... I guess Jon Gruber is right after all.