05-22-2013, 01:57 AM
31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Home States
By Josh Israel on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:31 pm
When the Senate passed the long-delayed $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package Monday, 36 Republicans voted against the bill. But of the 32 no-votes from Senators who are not brand-new members, at least 31 came from Republicans who had previously supported emergency aid efforts following disasters in their own states.
While opponents complained that the bill contained too much unrelated “pork,” each of the 30 of them who had been present earlier this month when the Senate passed the much-smaller $9 billion Sandy relief bill also voted no. All five top members of the Senate Republican leadership voted no on both.
Most incredible among the no voters were Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Those two had not just backed disaster aid in the past — they actually sought disaster aid for their own states for relief from Hurricane Sandy. And Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) endorsed disaster relief for snow storms damages in Arkansas just four days before casting his “nay” vote.
The “hypocritical” list includes:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01...?mobile=nc
I agree during a disaster like Sandy, Newton, Oklahoma, Katrina et al we naturally should and do band and bond together. Bringing it up right now is not politically correct, but it should be clear who is who and who is what. And sometimes being politically correct is a direct link to hypocrisy.
By Josh Israel on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:31 pm
When the Senate passed the long-delayed $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package Monday, 36 Republicans voted against the bill. But of the 32 no-votes from Senators who are not brand-new members, at least 31 came from Republicans who had previously supported emergency aid efforts following disasters in their own states.
While opponents complained that the bill contained too much unrelated “pork,” each of the 30 of them who had been present earlier this month when the Senate passed the much-smaller $9 billion Sandy relief bill also voted no. All five top members of the Senate Republican leadership voted no on both.
Most incredible among the no voters were Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Those two had not just backed disaster aid in the past — they actually sought disaster aid for their own states for relief from Hurricane Sandy. And Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) endorsed disaster relief for snow storms damages in Arkansas just four days before casting his “nay” vote.
The “hypocritical” list includes:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01...?mobile=nc
I agree during a disaster like Sandy, Newton, Oklahoma, Katrina et al we naturally should and do band and bond together. Bringing it up right now is not politically correct, but it should be clear who is who and who is what. And sometimes being politically correct is a direct link to hypocrisy.