House of Rep Nixes Disaster Relief
Posted: 01-02-2013 06:57 AM
When I heard this, earlier this morning I couldn't believe it, but then again, the GOP is aparently doing everything they can to live-up to the worst image that the public can hold of them. As one Rep from New Jersey asked,, "Is it because we're blue states and we voted for a Democratic president?" Never in the history of Congress has the House failed to vote for disaster aid. As I was walking across the parking lot on my way to work this morning, where the windchill was hovering near zero degrees, and the wind coming off the Atlantic, I can picture what conditions must be like to the people of New York and the mid-Atlantic states, except, many of these people are still homeless!!!! Even a Rep from New Orleans got up to speak and he was stunned noting that Congress allocated monies for Hurricane Katrina, and that people and organizations from New York and New Jersey assisted people in his state during the disaster. This is shame and the GOP will pay heavily in the end.
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House backs away from vote on Sandy relief
Originally published: January 1, 2013 8:12 PM
Updated: January 2, 2013 2:02 AM
By TOM BRUNE [email protected]
WASHINGTON -- In a stunning reversal, the House of Representatives apparently will not vote on the Senate-passed $60.4 billion superstorm Sandy disaster relief package, House officials said Tuesday night.
The surprise decision by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to pull the bill back from an expected vote floored the Long Island delegation, especially Rep. Peter King, of Seaford, the key New York Republican congressman pushing for the aid package. "Tonight's action not to hold this vote on the supplemental is absolutely indefensible," King said. "The bill was ready to go."
Rep. Steve Israel, of Huntington, a member of the House Democratic leadership, also reacted with surprise and anger. "I'm simply shocked at the decision to ignore the Sandy relief bill . . . Congress passed measures to provide aid to Kabul and Baghdad without blinking an eye, but two months after Sandy, the House hasn't acted to help New York."
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Snippet:
House backs away from vote on Sandy relief
Originally published: January 1, 2013 8:12 PM
Updated: January 2, 2013 2:02 AM
By TOM BRUNE [email protected]
WASHINGTON -- In a stunning reversal, the House of Representatives apparently will not vote on the Senate-passed $60.4 billion superstorm Sandy disaster relief package, House officials said Tuesday night.
The surprise decision by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to pull the bill back from an expected vote floored the Long Island delegation, especially Rep. Peter King, of Seaford, the key New York Republican congressman pushing for the aid package. "Tonight's action not to hold this vote on the supplemental is absolutely indefensible," King said. "The bill was ready to go."
Rep. Steve Israel, of Huntington, a member of the House Democratic leadership, also reacted with surprise and anger. "I'm simply shocked at the decision to ignore the Sandy relief bill . . . Congress passed measures to provide aid to Kabul and Baghdad without blinking an eye, but two months after Sandy, the House hasn't acted to help New York."
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