Washingtonpost.com:
Congress has approved $9.7 billion in new aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, with a face-
saving quick move by the House taken three days after Speaker John A. Boehner earned scathing criticism from New York and New Jersey Republicans for canceling a late-night vote on the funds.The bill, which will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay out claims to those who held federal flood insurance, was approved in the House on a 354 to 67 vote. After the House action, the Senate also adopted the bill in a quick unanimous voice vote, sending it to President Obama.
Boehner (R-Ohio) seems to have had reason to be concerned about bringing a larger $60 billion spending measure to the floor Tuesday: All the votes against the smaller bill Friday came from his own party members.
They were encouraged by the conservative Club for Growth, which argued the additional disaster spending should be offset with cuts to other government programs. The continued GOP opposition could spell trouble for a larger $51 billion Sandy bill that Boehner has promised will come before the House on Jan. 15.
And it provided a second example in a week of a bill approved with more Democratic support than Republican backing, an outcome that deeply troubles conservatives about the efficacy of their governing majority in the House.
Former Republican vice presidential candidate and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was among the Republicans opposing the measure. So too were more than a dozen House freshmen who took office Thursday.
Wait, what is wrong with some of these people? Families are living witout heat and are hungry. Is that a family value? This is emergency funding. So where is it supposed to come from? How about pretending it came from no more Iraq war. At any rate, Congress is about 50 billion short. This bill will pay for FEMA insurance. Isn’t that just keeping promises? People have paid into this program.
It sounds like there are still trouble makers coming to congress who are part of the Conservative Club for Growth. (sounds llike Hair Club for Men) 67 is too many to vote against covering an insurance debt. It sounds like at long last we get an explanation why Boehner appeared to back-stab his friends. He knew the reality of not being able to get those votes. Meanwhile the Sandy 67 sit there smuggly while the victims of Sandy go without food, shelter, electricity, and repairs for their losses.
Shame on the Sandy 67!!! They are a national disgrace.
The entire Republican House delegation from Kansas voted no on the FEMA bill. Congressman Huelskamp led the charge, stating
He has said he voted against the measure due to what he saw as there not being offsets for the $60 billion in spending, while Loomis believes that Rep. Mike Pompeo (R) voted no for similar fiscal reasons.
Just wait until a tornado goes through Kansas. The Kansas delegation might very well find out they aren’t in Kansas any more either. It is rumored that Canter and Ryan also voted no. I hope that story is false. (follow up: Eric Canter did NOT vote no)
Here are the Sandy 67:
Rat bastard list??
Hair Club for Men, great line.
most on that list would vote for a new aircraft carrier in a heartbeat. I can understand, and agree with voting against pork – but there was no pork in this. This is partisanship – a slap at Democrat’s and Christie in the NE.
I also understand that pork is simply has a long tradition of being placed in bills to lure lawmakers in to voting for things that really don’t benefit their regions but geez….Sandy disaster is huge. I guess that idea that we are all Americans (or even earth people) doesn’t register with everyone.
I didn’t realize until the past few years how much prejudice there really is against the eastern seaboard people by the rest of the country also. We are seen as “liberal elites” or something. How misguided.
This list looks like some of the southern good ole boys hopped in though for a little pay-back.
You wouldn’t notice it much if you only lived here. Frankly, living here is living in some sort of bubble – more people in this area (not transplants) think the rest of the country is like here. The rest of the country is thankful they’re not. I would say that most regions have some negative perception by others.