10 Republican Carolina lawmakers refuse Texas hurricane aid they're about to need themselves

[Miles Archer]

Republican Carolina lawmakers refuse Texas hurricane aid they’re about to need themselves



Rep. Mark Sanford (MSNBC)

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/republican-carolina-lawmakers-refuse-texas-hurricane-aid-theyre-about-to-need-themselves/

WASHINGTON — Even as Hurricane Irma roars toward Florida and points north, more than two dozen congressional Republicans from storm-vulnerable states Friday voted against authorizing $15.25 billion in disaster relief funds.

House lawmakers voted Friday on an aid package crafted by Democrats and President Donald Trump. It includes federal financial aid for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana. Leftover funds are expected to be used to address the most immediate aftermath of Irma in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

The package was controversial because it included a three-month extension of government funding and the federal debt ceiling. Many Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling without certain conservative concessions aimed at curbing spending. And they're usually disinclined to vote for stopgap spending bills.

Three of six South Carolina Republicans voted no: Reps. Mark Sanford, Jeff Duncan and Ralph Norman. In North Carolina, seven of 10 GOP lawmakers were opposed: Reps. Ted Budd, Virginia Foxx, George Holding, Richard Hudson, Mark Meadows, David Rouzer and Mark Walker.

[Achilleaze]

1. republicans: the quality of mercy is not strained

I guess republicans are too busy for compassion, since they are working overtime to try and keep a lid on the bilious, evil, sinful, poisonous, skanky, disgusting, vomitous republican-russian TreasonWeasel Stinkfest that simmers as a consequence of climbing into bed with the evil empire* to undermine American democracy. And of course it takes a lot of energy to keep doubling down on the profoundly dangerous republican climate-change bullshit.

Rep. Teddy Buddy was among the republicans who voted Tuff Nutz for Houston hurricane help:


* per ronald reagan

[krispos42]

2. They're pissy because they lost their artificial crisis

They've been dependent on the budget ceiling as a negotiating tool for almost a decade now, and now it's gone for 3months. Wah wah wah!

[DFW]

3. Maybe Sanford still maintains an apartment in Buenos Aires

Maybe he thinks everyone claiming to have flooded homes is really visiting their lovers in Argentina instead.