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geneusutwerk  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Congress passes $9.7B Sandy relief bill

New York Times has a breakdown of the votes if anyone is curious. 67 Republicans voted against it, and as others have pointed out at least a portion of these are in districts that could easily need the same sort of relief.





forthewar  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought their reasoning was that it didn't come with deficit cuts

geneusutwerk  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is. I think the anger/annoyance is that when Hurricane Katrina hit they didn't demand deficit cuts, and there was broad support for the emergency appropriations.