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Topic: House scraps vote on Hurricane
Sandy aid before wrapping session |
House scraps vote on Hurricane
Sandy aid before wrapping session
CNN, by Deirdre Walsh and Dan Merica,
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Original Article
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Posted By:Drive, 1/2/2013 7:36:44 AM
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| Washington -- In a move that surprised many lawmakers and angered others, House Republican leaders wrapped up this session of Congress Tuesday night without voting on a package that would have provided billions of dollars in aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. The Senate passed the $60.4 billion measure last week, and senators from New York had called on the House to take it up promptly. But because the House failed to act and a new Congress will be sworn in Thursday, the entire legislative process will have to start over -- delaying the package from disbursing money to affected states.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Now or Never, 1/2/2013 7:47:22 AM (No. 9094265)
Good, elections have consequences.
$60 billion borrowed from China to give to Obama voters?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mws50, 1/2/2013 7:57:48 AM (No. 9094277)
$9 billion for Sandy aid and $51 billion for the friends of democrats.
That is about normal for the liberal anti-Americans infesting our US Congress.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
smcchk, 1/2/2013 8:26:50 AM (No. 9094323)
The demonization of the GOP continues unabated.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
HotRodLincoln, 1/2/2013 9:18:36 AM (No. 9094437)
Golly this might cost the GOP some votes in NY and NJ next election. Oh wait...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/2/2013 9:38:22 AM (No. 9094491)
I agree with #1
Christmas is over. No more presents paid for by us, U.S.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BarryNo, 1/2/2013 9:39:45 AM (No. 9094493)
Please note: Getting aid to the Sandy victims was one of Cantor´s top priorities - so of course, now that they are at loggerheads, Boehner must show his Demo origins by putting politics ahead of fellow Americans.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Keekng, 1/2/2013 9:50:33 AM (No. 9094512)
#2 nailed it, that is egggggzackly what was happening!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 1/2/2013 10:13:14 AM (No. 9094549)
Wait, you mean the MSM is blaming the GOP?? Nooooo, say it ain´t so.
Maybe we should send the GOP leadership the link to this site. Seems we here know a heckuva lot more than they do.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/2/2013 10:36:44 AM (No. 9094591)
Make it a stand alone bill.
NO pork for all those pigs in the Capitol to buy more votes.
Sure, help the victims of Sandy, and nothing else.
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