67 Republicans voted AGAINST Hurricane Sandy relief funding

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67 Republicans voted AGAINST Hurricane Sandy relief funding

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Politics • 1/04/13 10:08:27 am • Views: 3,330

When we thought the increasingly fringe GOP couldn’t get any more despicable, they discover a way to sink deeper into irrelevancy.

The final vote results for H.R. 41 is 354-67-8. All 67 nays were cast by republiscum (and yes, Paul Ryan was one of the 67).

Nonetheless, the $9.7 billion package passed Friday is intended to pay for flood insurance claims, but little else. Funding requests from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey alone add up to more than $83 billion. A second relief bill for an additional $51 billion is set for a vote later this month, but it is not clear if the speaker will be able to corral enough Republicans into supporting it.

Here is a map of the geography of the vote:

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Dr. Matt Fri, Jan 4, 2013 10:26:43am

Copied from a poster at RS who looked up the state for each republiscum that voted nay:

Justin Amash (R-Michigan)
Andy Barr (R-Kentucky)
Dan Benishek (R-Michigan)
Kerry Bentivolio (R-Michigan)
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee)
Jim Bridenstine(R-Oklahoma)
Mo Brooks (R-Alabama)
Paul Broun (R-Georgia)
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)
Doug Collins (R-Georgia)
Mike Conaway (R-Texas)
Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
Steve Daines (R-Montana)
Ron DeSantis (R-Florida)
Scott DesJarlais (R-Tennessee)
Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin)
Jeff Duncan (R-South Carolina)
John Duncan (R-Tennessee)
Stephen Fincher (R-Tennessee)
John Fleming (R-Louisiana)
Bill Flores (R-Texas)
Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina)
Trent Franks (R-Arizona)
Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia)
Paul Gosar (R-Arizona)
Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina)
Tom Graves (R-Georgia)
Sam Graves (R-Missouri)
Andy Harris (R-Maryland)
George Holding (R-North Carolina)
Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina)
Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas)
Randy Hultgren (R-Illinois)
Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas)
Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado)
Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)
Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)
Tom McClintock (R-California)
Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina)
Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma)
Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina)
Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)
Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi)
Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico)
Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania)
Thomas Petri (R-Wisconsin)
Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas)
Tom Price (R-Georgia)
Phil Roe (R-Tennessee)
Todd Rokita (R-Indiana)
Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania)
Ed Royce (R-California)
Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)
Matt Salmon (R-Arizona)
David Schweikert (R-Arizona)
James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin)
Marlin Stutzman (R-Indiana)
William Thornberry (R-Texas)
Randy Weber (R-Texas)
Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)
Roger Williams (R-Texas)
Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina)
Rob Woodall (R-Georgia)
Kevin Yoder (R-Kansas)
Ted Yoho (R-Florida)

HappyWarrior Fri, Jan 4, 2013 11:01:56am

Let's see how some of them feel when their districts get hit by natural disasters. Dicks.

majii Fri, Jan 4, 2013 1:48:37pm

re: #2 HappyWarrior
When the 500 year flood hit North GA in 2009 the weekend after many in the region returned from a Glenn Beck rally in D.C., the same people who claim to hate President Obama and FEMA were looking to the president and the agency to help them. VP Biden came to GA the Thursday after the flood hit the area, and the comments on the Atlanta Journal article about him were vile. They thought nothing of bashing the VP for coming to GA while our then-governor, Sonny Perdue, was in Mexico, supposedly on a mission to bring jobs to the state. I don't think Perdue ever visited the area, but that was OK with the right-wingers because he has an (R) beside his name. The right-wingers here in GA are some of the biggest liars and hypocrites on the planet. They are also truly heartless individuals when it comes to helping their fellow citizens and only care about a certain thing after it happens to them.

JeffFX Fri, Jan 4, 2013 1:53:33pm

Yes, Republicans are harmful to us all and you're right to be angry, but when you say things like "republiscum," you sound as bad as the idiots who say "Libtard."

jogiff Fri, Jan 4, 2013 2:18:32pm

re: #4 JeffFX

I don't entirely agree for a few reasons that aren't really important. However, I do think that if you are going to use childish insults (deserved or not), then you need to switch it up frequently.

Dr. Matt Fri, Jan 4, 2013 2:48:34pm

re: #4 JeffFX

Yes, Republicans are harmful to us all and you're right to be angry, but when you say things like "republiscum," you sound as bad as the idiots who say "Libtard."

Your fake outage make you sound like the idiots who say "Libtard."

Eclectic Infidel Fri, Jan 4, 2013 4:04:39pm

The sole Republican on my FB page claims that the bill had pork on it, packed on by Democrats. Admittedly I haven't read the entire bill. For those who have, is there any truth to the above claim?

BishopX Fri, Jan 4, 2013 7:41:44pm

re: #7 Eclectic Infidel

It depends on your definition of pork....

One example touted by republicans was $150 million towards Alaskan fisheries. Sounds bad right?

That money is actually intended to allow FEMA to pay for removal of debris caused by the Japanese Tsunami of 2011 which is now posing a navigation hazard in the pacific northwest.

On one hand it's not directly related to Sandy, but on the other it's necessary funding for FEMA to carry out disaster relief.

The vast, vast majority of the 60 billion requested in aimed at funding insurance claims and rebuilding funds for the northeast.

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