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Subscribe to RSSUpdated 11:15 p.m. ET: House Speaker John Boehner is giving some ground on Sandy funding and timing a vote.
The House will now hold a vote Friday on $9 billion in Sandy recovery funds, followed by another vote on $51 billion on Jan. 15th.
Congress did not hold a vote last night, enraging Tri-state-area members of Congress from both parties.
After a blitzing round of cable interviews, in which Republican Rep. Peter King (NY) blasted Boehner for not voting on the funding last night, he and other New York- and New Jersey-area members say their concerns have been addressed.
"Turning your back on people who are starving and freezing is not a Republican value," King had said this morning on CNN.
This afternoon, after a meeting with Boehner, King's tone changed.
"Whatever's done is done, and that's it," King said at an afternoon press conference on Capitol Hill, adding later, "The bottom line is we need the $60 billion." King later said he was satisfied with the response from House GOP leaders.
Boehner and Reps. Michael Grimm (NJ) and Chris Smith (NJ) also now say they will all support Boehner when he comes up for reelection for speaker tomorrow.
The move also came after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed Boehner and House Republicans earlier in the day.
"Shame on you. Shame on Congress," Christie said in a televised news conference from Trenton, N.J. He called Congress' delay "disgraceful."
"It is why the American people hate Congress," Christie said, adding, "Unlike people in Congress, we have actual responsibilities."
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Sarcastic comment: Wait a minute, all you NY/NJ Republicans who voted for Mitt Romney! I thought you WANTED the government out of your lives! Quit whining and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps of freedom. Clean up and replace your homes, your businesses, your roads, your vehicles, your beaches, your parks and everything you lost by yourself! Get 2 pieces of wood and start nailing. And while you're at it, lend a hand to your neighbor too. But don't expect me to pay for it out of higher taxes or anything. Oh wait, I guess federal largesse is fine when you need the help, right?
For those who say this bickering isn't getting us anywhere and we need solutions, you're right. One step we could take is figure out how to make it so that each line item in a bill (like those listed above by Larry Robinson) must be considered and voted on separately. It's the only way we'll have a chance of bringing spending back under control. We need to UN-BUNDLE!
I believe that would be me that said all this bickering is pointless if its not solving anything.
I believe there's a saying "If your not part of the Solution then your part of the Problem".
I don't think there should be any reason why, after a disaster, it takes days or weeks for Congress to act, before relief can be delivered to the victims who need it.
They already experienced something they didn't expect or plan on and they shouldn't have to wait days or weeks to start putting their lives back together, or at least get the aid they need, until they can start putting their lives back together.
The top three states that are in the biggest fiscal mess according to a recent Wall Street Journal article...NY, NJ, and Conn. The same three states asking for 100% funding of their cleanup because they can't afford it. The same three states that have ignored virtually every Corps of Engineers project idea for hurricane protection for years.
Meanwhile, the large percentage of the population in those states that were uninsured or underinsured screams for money.
Then Congress lets this whole thing slip under the radar for months because they can't fix the fiscal cliff right away.
By the way, anyone notice the Treasury has hit its debt limit again?
The country and the states are all run by morons, with a significant portion of the population being no different...
The original aid bill was bloated with PORK unless I missed the storm having victims in ALASKA! They were right not to just pass it through funding all these pork packages that have nothing to do with the storm. If these victims want somebody to be upset with, start in your own house for not having the proper insurance. Next look at the politicians who wrote the original bill, putting funding for all these extras in the bill.
Where has all the other AID money gone, you know the red cross and concert donations?? Always fundraisers that raise big sums of money but never are we shown what the money provided.
The money requested by FEMA for the fisheries was for another declared disaster.
The Concert's charity distributed all the money to local charities.
Well those "evil" Republicans went and did it again. They stopped the Executive Order issued by Obama to give Congress, the White House and every Federal Employee a raise.
The vote was 287-129
Two idiot Republicans and 127 Democrats actually voted to continue to give themselves a raise-
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll655.xml
I want to give credit to the 55 Democrats that joined with Republicans to stop this idiotic pay raise
It wasn't about themselves, they voted for a cost of living increase for all Federal workers ie postmen , air traffic controllers, clerks etc.
No the vote was to reject the Executive Order- And they did the right thing
in 1989 congress passed an amendment to automatically give themselves a cost of living raise. this automatically kicks in unless they vote to reject it. every congress up until 2000 voted to reject the pay increase.
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I agree!
Good Republicans do NOT believe in government aid. So you lost your home in a hurricane, too bad. That's what insurance is for. Didn't pay your premiums? Again, too bad. The federal government routinely denies aid to the midwest for tornado damage.http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD0QFjAB&url=http% Please, quit whining and take care of yourselves.
I have taken care of myself. Sandy left 7 feet of water in my basement and tons of sand on my property. Flood Insurance doesn't cover what's in the basement, so I paid for a new heater, hot water heater, washer/dryer, refrigerator and freezer. From Halloween to Christmas with the exception of Thanksgiving every day I would come home from work eat dinner and then go down the basement removing debris. On weekends, if it was nice out, I would work outside shoveling sand off my property. If it wasn't nice out, I'd be back in the basement. My house is ok now, tho I still have a lot of sand outside. But there are things I can't do, like beach repletishment or rebuilding the sea walls higher then they were or repairing infrastructure. Those are the things that Christie asked the money for. The are other people in this state that weren't as fortunate and need more help. I have never complained that my tax dollars were being spent helping out people in other parts of the country that were in need. That's what Americans do. They help out those that are less fortunate.
Holy Cow, Jersey Michael,
That's downright communistic! Just kidding...good on ya!
This was all about Reid in the Senate trying to force the House to accept the Senate bill with no changes. That is why the Senate waited so long to vote on the bill and finally did last Friday. By delaying a couple days the House will be able to examine the bill closely to see if they want to delete any of the add-ons that had nothing to do with Sandy relief. At some point Congress must stop putting pork into this kind of legislation.
All the pork WAS removed. Ask Rep.Peter King(R-NY). that is why he is so furious with his fellow republicans not allowing a vote. he even said he will probably leave the republican party and become an Independent. I hope Chris Christie follows his lead.
Is anyone surprised? - Republicons suck. I've never agreed with Peter King on anything before, but we both agree - do not give these people any money - the whole party is imploding.
Congress (House and Senate) is NOT the model for logic or efficiency.
Rather than approve Bills as presented they add other stuff in order to (seemingly) save time and get things done. Certainly, many pork or unrelated items do slip through because the original major items need to be acted upon. In some cases delays due to this idiotic behavior could take months before being voted on – IF AT ALL.
Case in point for all to easily understand.
You (House) decide to pick up a few things at the supermarket and make a list: Bread, milk, coffee, OJ, eggs
You show the list to your partner (Senate) and they add some things: Soap, toilet paper, cheese and ketchup. As long as you're running 'errands' you can go to the dry cleaners (which is 10 miles in the other direction).
As you are ready to leave your youngest child asks about the cupcakes she needs to bring to school tomorrow. She knew about it 2 days ago but forgot to tell you, so add a trip to the bakery to the list – you can't buy them from the supermarket because they are 'old and yucky' and the other kids will laugh.
The middle child complains there is no cereal or butter for English muffins, you revise the list. You are also told that he fell while running without his shoelaces being tied, tore his pants and broke his backpack, spilling the contents into a puddle (this is disaster relief - new backpack, pens, paper and pants). None of which can be purchased at the supermarket.
The eldest child enters the fray and reports she needs fingernail polish remover, sanitary napkins, cotton balls, tissues, shampoo, conditioner and deodorant. You also need to sign an authorization for a school trip today and provide a $20 deposit plus spending money. Add a trip to the ATM as you just gave up all your cash on-hand.
Your partner amends the list with a request for you to drop off a package at the post office during your trip.
As you drive, your mother calls and asks for you to pickup their medication at the pharmacy, which is in another town. She also needs laundry detergent, soup and a few vegetables for salad (when you have time – no hurry).
The Dentist office calls and asks if you can come in early for your checkup as they had a cancellation, you forgot about the appointment and go there directly. You then go to work and return home afterwards.
So - nothing got done, everyone is mad at you but you do have shiny, clean teeth.
Is this a country of the People, By the People, and for the People?
Why should it take days or weeks for "Congress" to decide to give aid to the victims of Natural disasters?
Why do they even need to vote on it?
Aren't the victims of Sandy, Katrina, etc U.S. Citizens and aren't they paying taxes and contributing to that system that is supposed to serve them?
After a disaster, and the victims lives are back to normal, the cities are repaired, etc. wont they be paying taxes and be contributing back to that system?
Why the F#$% do they have to wait days or weeks for "Congress" to act before they can start getting the help and relief they need while Legislatures fight over funding special projects that have nothing to do with the victims, bringing home the Bacon, Political Posturing, etc?
Both sides are guilty of it and you know it.
Are you a part of the Solution or part of the Problem?
I’m constantly being accused of Being a Republican, Tea Bagger etc. and that I Don’t care about Grandma, Want the Poor to Freeze and starve, Want SS and Medicare to Be Destroyed, etc after all Conservatives are Heartless beasts that have no souls.
The idea that I would propose an idea that Involves more government Involvement, Spending money, and Supporting FEMA, that I believe there is a proper place and roll for Government, must be an absolute shock to some.
Go ahead and take a breath and pick yourself up off the floor before proceeding.
We need to demand that an Emergency Disaster Loan program be set up to cover these disasters administered by the Federal Government, Specifically FEMA.
When a Disaster occurs, the State declares a “State of Emergency” and immediately applies to FEMA for loan guarantees from FEMA to cover the estimated disaster costs. The amount can always be adjusted later if it’s too much or not enough. The Loan Program is only for Disasters and cannot be used because a State went bankrupt, the Public Employees Pension fund Collapsed, etc. Its not a Slush fund for bailing out States.
The State immediately files for the Loan approval and within Hours the Director of FEMA grants the States the approval. No waiting days or weeks for Congress to act.
The State is responsible for the application process, reviewing applicant’s eligibility, screening for fraud and abuse, then dispersing aid and funds immediately and will monitor the program for fraud and abuse.
Let’s get the Money to the People who Need it as soon as possible so it can start helping them get their lives back together.
When it becomes time for the State to pay back the Disaster Loan/s, the State has to submit all documentation and receipts to an audit committee.
The Audit Committee will review all documentation, receipts, etc, submitted by the State and funds that are proven to have been used for disaster relief to help victims, repair schools, etc, will be forgiven, they don’t have to pay it back.
However, any funds the State cannot account for as actually being truly used for disaster relief, to help victims, to help repair infrastructure, the State is liable for and has to pay back with interest.
All Congress has to do is make sure the Loan Program is adequately funded, before a disaster ever hits, so the money is there when it’s needed.
Imagine that, Money being there when it’s actually needed by the people, without all the red tape and Political Posturing Bull sh|t.
Will you be a part of the Solution, help refine this idea, and tell our Representatives that We the People demand that they fix this once and for all and this is how we want it fixed, or be a part of the Problem?
If your going to be part of the Problem you can now start calling me a tin foil hat wearing, racist, intellectually challenged , bigot, that hates Obama, Wants poor people to starve, etc.
But please ask yourselves, If we cant even come together to fix a simple problem like this to help our fellow citizens, then how is there any hope that anything can be fixed or changed?
Good post. You're absolutely right.
David,
You did a great job of re-writing your proposal and thoughts this post...well done.
Before the "nanny-state" mentallity, people Purchased INSURANCE to make whole their losses. Now some poor jerk taxpayer in the middle of Kansas is expected to pay for somebody's beachfront property on the Jersey Shore!
i agree with the loan program... i do not agree with just giving money to people to rebuild personal/private property
Thanks Guys.
I just sent this to my Congressman and Senators.
It wont go anywhere if I'm the only one trying to solve this problem. My Reps, if they like the idea and support it, and actually propose a bill, will need co-sponsers and support from other Legislatures. If I don't get buy in from my own Reps then Maybe other reps will buy into the idea and pressure them into it.
Our Representatives will never fix this issue, or any other issue for that matter, until we stop fighting with each other, stop blaming the other side, and start agreeing and fighting for what we can agree on and want.
We can Either "Hope for Change" and watch as nothing changes, or we can "Demand Change" and tell them how we want it changed.
Whats it going to be?
I agree Lisangle. People should have their own property, flood insurance etc. and there Insurance company should cover the costs to rebuild, etc.
That's up to the States to decide who is in need, eligible for loans, etc. with guidelines from FEMA after all they will have to submit to FEMA to get the loan repaid/reduced.
Someone that makes $400,000.00 a year probably doesn't need help and shouldn't get it. That's part of eliminating the Fraud and Abuse.
Should some Bureaucrat in Washington be deciding that or the Local Government that knows the Neighbor hood, whats needed to get the city back on its feet, what resources are needed and where, etc?
@ssmithlg,
And people outside of Kansas have sons and daughters who have sacrificed their lives so that jerk off taxpayer in Kansas enjoys his freedoms. Do you even understand what "civilization" means?
first of all i know this will be an extremely unpopular post and that it will anger many but i still don't understand why the rest of us taxpayers have to bail out people who CHOOSE to live in areas where these things are bound to happen sometime...and for those who were already bailed out/helped out a few years ago because of similar damage i am very angry we are even considering it. private parties can donate what they wish, my tax dollars shouldn't have to pay to help someone to live too close to the beach. my husband and i live in the midwest, there has been massive flooding and droughts, there are frequently tornadoes and thunderstorms that damage huge areas, and yet (even when we have been eligible) we refuse to even ask for federal aid (and no, we don't support farm subsidies either). it should not be other people's responsibility to pay for our choice of where to live. i understand to a certain extent helping replace some infrastructure or govt properties, but not personal ones. people should have insurance that pays for their needs with that, or be responsible for it themselves...and yes, i understand insurance is expensive, but quite honestly is something that responsible homeowners should take care of. we are far from wealthy, i work a very blue collar job and so does my husband, and yet we understand this...i guess we were raised right. we believe that this is what is wrong with this country lately...very little personal responsibility and yet a huge sense of entitlement. i don't understand how someone living in new york/new jersey should be entitled to my money.
Agreed!
You're right it does piss me off. Sandy was a 1,000 mile wide hurricane. She had the highest storm surge ever to hit north of Cape Hatteras. On top of that, she hit at high tide on a full moon. The water went places it has never reached before and never thought possible to reach. It was a major disaster as bad as Katrina, worse than the San Francisco earthquake. Every state has asked for disaster relief at one time or another. Some have received aid every year. I have never even thought of complaining about my tax dollars going somewhere else. If it was to help an American that was hurting the government should absolutely do it. I thought this way before Sandy and still do come the next disaster.
Lisangel;
To a certain extent, I agree with you. Here is where some of your logic goes awry.....what happens when a tornado wipes out your high school, post office, hospital, and other municipal buildings. Yes, they have insurance, but, they are public buildings and your tax dollars are paying for them, and paying the insurance policies, and the upkeep, maintenance for such buildings. It's called local, property taxes, and business taxes; so by your logic....keeping it local and for owners to rebuild and be responsible for themselves....your local, property, and business taxes would be going up in response to a natural disaster.
Not dicing your post or position, but trying to get you to understand that taxes go to keeping your community running and is funded by the local community. Sometimes, the local communities are overwhelmed by a natural disaster and do not have the immediate funds to help with the rebuilding.
Jackie, cities & counties collect tax dollars..... they should be required to protect their taxpayers investments by purchasing insurance like all responsible citizens instead of SPENDING every last tax dollar they collect.
It is hard isn't it.
At the same time the sooner those areas are repaired the sooner they start contributing back to the system.
We constantly here "there not paying their fare share".
I'm now countering with "Are people receiving their fare share?"
If hard working tax payers have been contributing to the system all their lives, some(the rich)alot more than others, and never get any Federal Benefits, food stamps, welfare, subsidized housing etc. then how are they "not paying their fair share" when there are are others that pay nothing or next to nothing into the system, and get Welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing ,free cell phones, soon to be Health Insurance subsidies, run to Planned Parent hood for free Birth control, their kids get free lunches at school, etc.?
Mind boggling isn't it...
Of course the left will Proclaim and Play head games on you declaring how dare you uncaring, unfeeling, racist, conservative for feeling that way, trying to shame you into their World View.
ssmithlg
I'm not positive on this, but I believe most municipal buildings DO have insurance, and pay premiums and get insurance coverage with insurance kicking in for the rebuilding. But, due to the fact they are public buildings, those premiums are being paid by your tax dollars...along with the maintenance of such buildings. Just like your taxes pay for police, fire, and other public workers. Tax dollars from local communities pay for those services...so to answer your question....tax dollars are being spent for the said insurance you stated, along with having to pay for rebuilding said public buildings in the face of natural disaster striking that community.
I would call that local city or county municipal taxes....what do you call city council members who keep and maintain city/county budgets and payment of their bills such as electric, insurance premiums, salaries, etc. It is your tax dollars that are in those budgets, and being spent to pay the municipalities bills.
Get rid of the pork,and pass the bill
Here's a Good One:
Al-Jazeera acquires Current TV
Arab television network Al-Jazeera (mouth piece of mid-eastern terrorists) said on Wednesday it will buy Current TV, the cable channel founded by Al Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt in 2005, for undisclosed terms.
The acquisition could give Al-Jazeera access to a broader range of U.S. television viewers. Although its programming is available in some large metropolitan areas, the network's executives have long been frustrated in their efforts to secure carriage deals with TV distributors.
Current TV, which has battled low viewership, is available in 60 million U.S. homes.
AlGore's "Bail Out" is coming from friends of Al Queida..... gotta love those limousine libs, they really don't care where THEIR money comes from.
smith - this relates to Sandy relief how? You've apparently never seen Al-Jazeera or looked at its website, but ya' gotta love those knee-jerk cons, who don't care what disinformation they put out.
Why is it that when other states are denied coverage for disasters, it NEVER makes front page news. In fact, it NEVER even makes the news in these national newscasts. Of course, we heard it on our local TV's. Denied, denied, denied, denied. But east and west coasts scream, and everybody is expected to jump. This country is SO divided right now it's insane. Some people count and others don't. Long gone are the days of a unified America - now it's get what you can get while the going is good and cry louder if you aren't heard the first time.
When has any state ever been denied?
Jersey Michael, here's your answer..... If you are NOT a friend of Obama:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is considering his options after the federal government denied his request for emergency aid to help the state clean up from Tropical Storm Hermine, his spokeswoman said.
President Barack Obama's administration rejected Perry's Sept. 20 request for a major disaster declaration and about $6.8 million in aid for 13 counties. Last month's storm killed eight people, including seven in Texas, and destroyed nearly 200 homes statewide, according to the governor's request letter.
Jersey Michael..... Why should NY & NJ get Federal money and NOT Texas?
Published : Tuesday, 03 May 2011, 11:01 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - As wildfires continue to wreak havoc across Texas, Gov. Rick Perry is criticizing the Obama administration for its denial late Tuesday of the state’s request for a federal Major Disaster Declaration to assist with the ongoing wildfire season, which has burned more than 2.2 million acres.
Perry says he is "dismayed that this administration has denied Texans the much needed assistance they deserve. It is not only the obligation of the federal government, but its responsibility under law to help its citizens in times of emergency."
ssmithlg,
Kinda ironic isn't it, when the same Rick Perry said that TX didn't need any federal stimulus money and could maintain itself without federal assistance last year. Rick Perry even joked about Texas seceding from the U.S., and could run itself better as a separate territory. When natural disaster wasn't hitting his state, Rick Perry was big on words and arrogance...but, when disaster struck....suddenly the state of Texas can't sustain itself, and needs the federal government's help and tax dollars.
From FEMA website
I guess FEMA didn't think 6.8 million dollars was overwhelming the state of Texas.
Texas did ask for and receive aid 57 times in the past 2 years.
You don't want FEMA to assist NJ, fine. But please get my tax dollars back from your Governor first.
Hmmmmm....pass a bill to spend 63 billion dollars more our Goverment does not have. Its so easy to blame the republicans for money this country does not have because of overspending on all sides.
Hey China....send more money!
I guess we should stop flushing our nation's heritage down the rat-hole of wasteful defense spending. Countries that build bigger bombs while some of their finest cities decay are a little sick, wouldn't you say?
The good people of New Jersey and New York need help! no question, Katrina victims got money in 12 days. BUT read the bill, there is billions of $$$ of pork- for things not even close to being related to disaster relief.
Rep. Pete King (R)
I hope so Jersey Mike, I have lots of friends from Jersey that live here in SC. Ya.ll need help and its a damn shame its taken this long.
9 billion in Emergency Aid and 51 billion in pork. Yeah we need to sign this right away. Where is obama and FEMA. The Imposter has no problem in giving money away to every foreign potentate. Why not just take it out of the 20 billion he promised Brazil to help development of the oil fields in the Gulf?
Yes, Yes, the GOP got it right finally... All those freeloaders in NY and NJ looking for their ENTITLEMENTS. What do they think? Does the rest of the country have to pay for these hurricane slackers??????? Me and all my fellow republicans say "GET A JOB!!!!! Earn your own new house.... All of us in the midwest dont want to pay for you.... Stand up on your own bootstraps and rise above the tide(or hurricane or noreaster or whatever you east coasters call them storms)!!!! Oh, and be sure to give early and often to GOP fundraisers.... We are looking out for yOUR best interest............
Ya know, Im thinkin aloud here, but might it just be possible that with the atmosphere in the house at the time, that Boehner might have blocked the vote because his caucus was already on the verge of revolt? Maybe he blocked it because he thought it would be voted down at that time and maybe it would be better to bring it up a different day? Im thinkin we are not getting the whole of it from the media. Seems they are going outta their way to stir @!$%# anywhere they can.
Watching the congressmen and women trying to get a vote this morning on C-Span, they seem to think they have enough votes.
I feel for the folks who got flooded out by hurricane Sandy, but to rebuild in a floodprone area is lunacy. It is throwing good money after bad. Oceans are rising and shoreline damage will only get worse in the future. People need to relocate to higher ground further from the ocean shore if they don't want to get flooded again, and taxpayers should not have to repeatedly pay bills for people who don't recognize the folly of living in flood prone areas.
I have nothing against helping others but how much of the 60 billion that is being called Sandy relief is actually going for Sandy relief? How many billions in non-Sandy related pork is in this relief bill? I remember after the California earthquake there was a rushed earthquake relief bill of 8 billion dollars passed and 2.5 to 3 billion of that had nothing whatsoever to do with earthquake relief. I have seen reports that there is billions for Alaska and other states pork bellied projects. How does this aid the victims of Sandy? It doesn't. Just more pork added to what is a good cause by crooked politicians, who don't give a darn about the people.
Gop bashing each other. I love this @!$%#
Among the pork 150 million for Alaskan fishery's 336 million for Amtrak 2 million for repairs to the Smithsonian 8 million for vehicles for Federal employees, 4 million for Kennedy space center, 3.3 for Plum Island Animal disease center, 1.1 million to repair national cemeteries. Fiesty Pigorty is this any way to spend MY money, that is supposed to help NJ and NY??
The money requested by FEMA for the fisheries was for another declared disaster.
Why did it take so long? Why does is it take until November for FEMA to announce Alaska will get the help they requested and "Congress"still doesn't have it funded?
Get the $51 billion of pork out of the bill and maybe sane politicians can vote for it.
Rep. Pete King (R)
This bill should be put in the TRASH where it belongs
While I have consistently stated that the Federal Govt has no constitutional authority for disaster relief, this bill illustrates why Congress cannot be trusted with these types of legislations. I have gone through the bill as passed by the Senate. I have removed items that some in the media have stated are included where I didn't see them.
As usual this bill is about pet projects and even for Obama to pay for military and expenses of other departments under the umbrella of the Executive Branch.
No one who cares about helping others should find this bill to be in the interests of actually helping Americans in need.
Obama's Pork Barrel Feast- aka Sandy Relief Bill
The pork-barrel feast includes:
more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for the Homeland Security and Justice departments.
$150 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fisheries in Alaska
$150 Million to NOAA for evaluate, stabilize and restore coastal ecosystems affected by Hurricane Sandy
$56.8 Million for NOAA for mapping, charting, damage assessment, and marine debris coordination and remediation
$109 Million to NOAA for Coastal Conservation and NOAA Aircraft Repairs, and Supercomputer Improvements
$274 Million to US Coast Guard for Repairs, Construction & Improvements
$59 Million for Forrest Restoration
$25 Million for Farm Programs
$50 Million for the Corp of Engineers to Investigate flood and storm control reduction
$40 Million for the US Navy for Operation & Maintenance
$8.5 Million for the US Air Force for Operation & Maintenance
$5.37 Million for the US Army for Operations & Maintenance
$5.8 Million to the Air National Guard for Operation & Maintenance
$1.3 Million to the US Army for Procurement of Ammunition
$24.2 Million for “Defense Working Capital” (who knows what that really means)
$1 Billion for Flood Control and Storm Preparation
$2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC.
$13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms.
$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;
$10 Million for Federal Prison Systems Building & Facilities
$3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center
$15 million Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ for repair at National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities damaged by Hurricane Sandy
$4 Million to the FBI -Salaries & Expenses
$1 Million to the DEA for Salaries & Expenses
$300,000 to Secret Service for Salaries & Expenses
$1.7 Million to Homeland Security Customs & Border Enforcement Salaries & Expenses
$855 Thousand to Homeland Security Immigration & Customs Salaries & Expenses
$10 Million for “EXPENSES” no clarification provided
$5 Million to the Office of the Inspector General for Salaries & Expenses
$3 Million to Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, Salaries & Expenses for audits and investigations related to disasters.
$7 Million for GSA Properties Maintenance and Reconstruction
$40 Million to the Small Business Administration for “Salaries & Expenses
$1.1 million to repair national cemeteries.
$58.8 million for forest restoration on private land.
$197 million “to… protect coastal ecosystems and habitat impacted by Hurricane Sandy.”
$3.25 Million to Science & Technology Research & Development for “expenses related to Hurricane Sandy”
$230 Thousand to the Bureau of Alcohol Firearms, & Explosives for Salaries & Expenses
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1pp/pdf/BILLS-112hr1pp.pdf
Thanks for your research....... Democrats like to pass these bills before anyone can see what's in them.
Thank God we have Republicans that Actually READ these things !!!
Shame on any one in Congress who votes for any Pork Barrell or earmarks in an aid bill for Sandy. They should be run out of Congress with a stick. Strip the Bill of all Pork and send it thru.
The Liberals should be run out of Ofiice with a big stick.
Kudos for you John Boehner for stopping this scam on the American People