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Subscribe to RSSUpdated 2:30 pm ET: The House approved $9.7 billion in Hurricane Sandy relief funding Friday, the initial tranche of what’s expected to be an approximately $60.4 billion package.
The vote was an overwhelming 354-67. The bill needed 281 votes, or a two-thirds majority to pass.
All 192 Democrats that voted supported the measure, but 67 conservative Republicans voted against it.
The activist conservative organization The Club for Growth, for one, urged members to vote no Friday morning.
“Congress should not allow the federal government to be involved in the flood insurance industry in the first place, let alone expand the national flood insurance program's authority,” the club said in a statement.
The final vote breakdown was Democrats 192-0, Republicans 162-67.
The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent only a short time later. The bill will be sent to President Obama as soon as possible to sign into law.
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Yoder from KS (in tornado alley) would definitely have voted in favor if it provided money for him and the other Republicons to swim naked in the Sea of Galilee (again...)
These are all the incidents of 2012 when states asked for and received Federal aid and assistance.
These are all the incidents of 2011 when states asked for and received Federal aid and assistance.
My taxes helped pay for these, but I never gave it a second thought. There were Americans that were hurting and of course I wanted the government to help. Now in my time of need to have the half of the country just turn it's back on me, my neighbors, my freinds and my family really makes me ashamed of my fellow Americans.
Funny how the Leftists will mindlessly jump on anything in an attempt to criticize the Republican party even the relief of "The Wealthy" when their Beach Front Property is destroyed.
Problem Thinking, 67 of Republican Party Members voted no, and some quite vocal about it--think criticism justified or should GOPers be exempt from being called out on their bad behavior and disregard for fellow of Americans--meanwhile the list of no voters---each and every state they represent have begged for help--hypocrites.
Birdbrain
Doesn't this qualify as Welfare for the Wealthy you Leftists are always on about?
Last time I checked home prices along the beach were in the millions.
Yeah, funding flood insurance benefits is welfare for the wealthy.
Do you know what year it is ?
sorryhank thought i bongtermthinking in his playpen...bonk term hahahhahahha
So now we know how many Allen West would identify to be the terrorists in congress to go along with his list of communists. However he and his terrorists like to hold Americans hostage.
What!? Anyone who calls the gang of 67 "good guys," are callous & warped in their thinking!! Putting all of that red/blue political nonsense on the side, you'd have to be less than human not supporting these storm victims getting help!!
O.k. So according the Tea Party, things that the government aren't supposed to do are: maintain public infrastructure, feed poor people, regulate business, tax, subsidize anything except farmers, pay social security to people who aren't upper-middle class, provide aid to disaster areas, conduct scientific research, or maintain laws protecting the civil rights of the citizenry. So an ideal Tea Party government would not tax anyone and would only be responsible for paying farmers not to grow food, regulating who gets married, paying social security to upper-middle class suburbanites and building a gigantic military (how they do this without money is a mystery), but nothing else. Yeah... Well congratulations GOP on taking your party platform back from Cuckoo's Nest.
flood insurance...is what there getting from the goverment because it's the only entity than could foot the bill...flood insurance is mostly the goverments private insurances can't afford to dabble in it...so without the goverment no one could buy a house in florida because no one would loan tham the money on a home not insuranced a against floods. the gov does the work that private sector can't or wont do.... so the people are just getting what they paid in premiums for gov flood insurance.... so the republicans held up for 66 days there insurance claims that they the homeowner paid good money for.... defend that republicans...
if i was pres those 67 votes would have every goverment job military etc etc pullef fromthere district...and a note on there report card that they don't play well with others...no supper and straight to bed...bright idea that teaparty.....duh