Conservative blocks House passage of disaster relief bill
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, blocked a disaster relief bill in the House on Friday by objecting to an unanimous consent vote.
The Texas Republican who previously worked for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) argued the House should not have recessed before debating the legislation and holding a vote in arguing why he moved to stall the legislation.
“I'm here today primarily because if I do not object, Congress will have passed into law a bill that spends $19 billion of taxpayer money without members of Congress being present in our nation's capital to vote on it,” he said on the floor.
“Secondly, it's a bill that includes nothing to address the clear national emergency and humanitarian crisis we have at our southern border.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445407-conservative-blocks-house-passage-of-disaster-relief-bill?userid=229233
He's a chip off the old buffalo.
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