More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid. How will they vote on Harvey?

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

 

The art of compromise, otherwise known as you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours, has all but disappeared from the halls of Congress in recent years. And that may put more than 20 members of the Texas congressional delegation in a bind when relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey comes up for a vote.

The representatives, and Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, all voted against a $50.5-billion relief package for victims of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy when it came before them in January 2013. (The measure passed anyway.) Although the shape and size of a relief package for victims of Harvey won’t emerge for at least several months, it’s clear that a big one will be needed. Damage estimates from the storm still pummeling the Gulf Coast around Houston have reached $40 billion, and are likely to rise.

Texas is almost certain to pose a drain on federal emergency resources for the indefinite future. “FEMA is going to be there for years,” Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday on CNN.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-harvey-aid-sandy-vote-20170828-story.html

 

[CaliCat 3,957]

I hope Congress votes the right way this time. 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

42 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

I hope Congress votes the right way this time. 

we are saving up for a wall, no money for storms

 

[Dashinka 24,800]

3 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

 

The art of compromise, otherwise known as you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours, has all but disappeared from the halls of Congress in recent years. And that may put more than 20 members of the Texas congressional delegation in a bind when relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey comes up for a vote.

The representatives, and Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, all voted against a $50.5-billion relief package for victims of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy when it came before them in January 2013. (The measure passed anyway.) Although the shape and size of a relief package for victims of Harvey won’t emerge for at least several months, it’s clear that a big one will be needed. Damage estimates from the storm still pummeling the Gulf Coast around Houston have reached $40 billion, and are likely to rise.

Texas is almost certain to pose a drain on federal emergency resources for the indefinite future. “FEMA is going to be there for years,” Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday on CNN.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-harvey-aid-sandy-vote-20170828-story.html

 

Did you read the part where the 60 billion dollar bill for Sandy was almost 70% pork?  Gotta love when politicians from both sides try and take advantage of a disaster for political gain.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/01/13/critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-other-projects/

 

http://time.com/4919599/ted-cruz-superstorm-sandy-hurricane-harvey-spending/

[IAMX 3,055]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

Did you read the part where the 60 billion dollar bill for Sandy was almost 70% pork?  Gotta love when politicians from both sides try and take advantage of a disaster for political gain.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/01/13/critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-other-projects/

 

http://time.com/4919599/ted-cruz-superstorm-sandy-hurricane-harvey-spending/

The left have proven they'll use any disaster for political gain.. minus the "gain" part. 

 

Edited August 29, 2017 by IAMX

[Dashinka 24,800]

6 minutes ago, IAMX said:

The left have proven they'll use any disaster for political gain.. minus the "gain" part. 

 

I agree, but unfortunately it seems to be establishment politicians from either side that use these opportunities.  

[IAMX 3,055]

Just now, Bill & Katya said:

I agree, but unfortunately it seems to be establishment politicians from either side that use these opportunities.  

They get re-elected.. they're sent a message this behavior is okay. I blame the voters.

[Dashinka 24,800]

3 minutes ago, IAMX said:

They get re-elected.. they're sent a message this behavior is okay. I blame the voters.

Yep, political opportunism comes from both sides.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

15 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Did you read the part where the 60 billion dollar bill for Sandy was almost 70% pork?  Gotta love when politicians from both sides try and take advantage of a disaster for political gain.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/01/13/critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-other-projects/

 

http://time.com/4919599/ted-cruz-superstorm-sandy-hurricane-harvey-spending/

The booger eater calls it pork...in looking at the summary I am not clear where his numbers come from. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Relief_Appropriations_Act,_2013

 

[IAMX 3,055]

3 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

The booger eater calls it pork...in looking at the summary I am not clear where his numbers come from. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Relief_Appropriations_Act,_2013

 

I dunno man..

 

 

 

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WASHINGTON — President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska, The Post has learned.

The pork-barrel feast includes more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for the Homeland Security and Justice departments. It also includes a whopping $150 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC.

An eye-popping $13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms.

Other big-ticket items in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries.

Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill “Sandy Scam.”

Matt Mayer of the conservative Heritage Foundation slammed the request as an “enormous Christmas gift worth of stuff.”

“The funding here should be focused on helping the community and the people, not replacing federal assets or federal items,” he said.

 

http://nypost.com/2012/12/15/obama-sandy-aid-bill-filled-with-holiday-goodies-unrelated-to-storm-damage/

 

This Google search is tough.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I have an idea, why not wait until the storm is over and the people are out of danger. Then we can argue about this fo a few months. 

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 hour ago, spookyturtle said:

I have an idea, why not wait until the storm is over and the people are out of danger. Then we can argue about this fo a few months. 

 

A moratorium on hissy fits? That's a great idea. And with all the weather talk, a little less snow would also do everyone some good. 

 

 

Edited August 29, 2017 by CaliCat