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5. Chip Roy is a total POS, and this statement reeks of desperation
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:01 AM
Jul 2019

He's the guy who single-handedly blocked disaster funding, including to his own state post-Hurricane Harvey, which took place nearly two years earlier, because freedom bald eagles something freedom. So he's not only in a majority Latino district, people are not going to forget his bullshit on disaster relief.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major disaster relief bill Monday evening, concluding a series of dramatic delays in Congress and sending the legislation to the desk of President Trump.

The $19.1 billion bill, which Trump is expected to sign, would allocate funding to nine disaster-affected states and two territories, and also release more than $4 billion to Texas that Congress allocated more than a year ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. After meeting unexpected resistance in the House that stalled the vote for 11 days, the bill at last broke through Monday by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin of 354-58.

The bill passed in the U.S. Senate just before the Memorial Day recess but hit an obstacle when it reached the House floor. Most members had already left Washington for the holiday. Backers of the legislation had hoped to push it through on a voice vote before the recess. These efforts were thwarted by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, an Austin Republican, who drew national attention for his blocking of the vote by using a procedural objection. Two other conservative House members later made similar objections, ensuring that Congress couldn't send the bill to Trump until after the recess.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/03/congress-passes-191-billion-disaster-aid-bill-after-chip-roy-delayed/

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