$50 billion Sandy Relief bill passes

[soulflower]

After all the drama it still passed:

Despite GOP opposition, House approves additional $50.7 billion in Hurricane Sandy relief

As expected, the House of Representatives today approved, 241 to 180, an additional $50.7 billion in federal aid for states affected by Hurricane Sandy. Only 49 Republicans voted for the bill; 179 voted against. (The bill itself was for $17 billion in aid; the remaining $33.7 billion in aid was accomplished via amendment and approved by a 228-192 vote, consisting of 190 Democrats and 38 Republican crossovers.)
The aid approved today is in addition to the nearly $10 billion allocated earlier in the month, meaning that the total House package of $60 billion matches the previously approved Senate package.

So that's it. All that Republican drama, all the interest groups demanding Congress not allocate disaster relief, all the other groups demanding it not be done unless the budget is cut an equal amount first, and that one glorious day in which the ever-delaying John Boehner was the target of fuming soliloquies by Republicans such as New York Rep. Peter King and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—done.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/0...e-Sandy-relief

[ivanbalt]

What a waste of money helping Americans. There's a perfectly good military contractor that deserved that money regardless of whether they produced anything or not.

-sarcasm

[flyboy56]

What a waste of money helping Americans. There's a perfectly good military contractor that deserved that money regardless of whether they produced anything or not.

-sarcasm

I worked for both civil service and two government contract companies and I know who, on average, works harder. When you know you can lose your job if you do not perform, then trust me, that is a huge motivator. And I don't need to say which one falls into the usually do nothing category.

[Jeebus]

Packed with pork.

$17 billion in Sandy relief aid.

$33 billion of "special" spending outlays (i.e. pork, unnecessary, etc)

Just what an underfunded US Treasury needs.

Taxes raised? Yes.

Spending cuts? No. Never.

[songfourone]

What a waste of money helping Americans. There's a perfectly good military contractor that deserved that money regardless of whether they produced anything or not.

-sarcasm

Exactly

[bmore_ken]

Packed with pork.

$17 billion in Sandy relief aid.

$33 billion of "special" spending outlays (i.e. pork, unnecessary, etc)

Just what an underfunded US Treasury needs.

Taxes raised? Yes.

Spending cuts? No. Never.

Keep using that no limit credit card