Republicans against disaster relief - does that include hurricanes like Isaac?

[rdean]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

 

[PredFan]

Stupid stupid troll.

 

[Charles_Main]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

 

[Katzndogz]

Democrat disaster relief is predicated on democrat support. That's why Texas was denied disaster relief.

That's why relief for Joplin was cut to give more to the east coast (democrat) victims of Irene.

 

[mudwhistle]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

Congress isn't in session. Where did you dream this lie up?

 

[bodecea]

Democrat disaster relief is predicated on democrat support. That's why Texas was denied disaster relief.

That's why relief for Joplin was cut to give more to the east coast (democrat) victims of Irene.

Texas: "Less Government!" "We want to secede!" "Hey! Where's our money!?"

 

[rdean]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

All the Republicans who voted against it, obviously. Starting with Eric Cantor.

 

[rdean]

Democrat disaster relief is predicated on democrat support. That's why Texas was denied disaster relief.

That's why relief for Joplin was cut to give more to the east coast (democrat) victims of Irene.

I provided links. Why won't you?

 

[Wolfsister77]

It is sad that anyone would play politics with people's lives like this.

Never used to happen, disaster relief used to be a bipartisan issue.

So sad.

 

[mudwhistle]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

All the Republicans who voted against it, obviously. Starting with Eric Cantor.

Problem is usually this is a scam. They put stuff in bills to make them unable to pass. It's called a poison pill.

In legislative debate, a wrecking amendment (also called a poison pill amendment or killer amendment) is an amendment made by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and who seeks to make it useless (by moving amendments to either make the bill malformed and nonsensical, or to severely change its intent) rather than directly opposing the bill by simply voting against it.

An important character of wrecking amendments is that they are not moved in good faith. The proposer of the amendment would not see the wrecked legislation as good legislation and would still not vote in favour of the legislation when it came to the final vote, even if the amendment were accepted. Motives for making them include allowing more debate, delaying the enactment of the legislation, or just sometimes a straightforward attempt to make the initiator of the legislation give up.

Some opponents of particular amendments will describe them as wrecking amendments because they regard the amendments as undermining the unity of the original proposal. Proponents of the amendment may seek to deny the charge by saying that the original proposal brings together different steps, and while personally they oppose all the parts, some parts are even worse than others and legislators should have an opportunity to consider them separately.

Wrecking amendments can pick up more votes than motions against, because observers tend to focus on who voted in favour and against the Bill in the final count, rather than looking at the amendments made during the passage through the legislature. Therefore it can be a wise tactic to try to introduce wrecking amendments at as many opportunities as possible.

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Wrecking amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Politicians Play Dirty Tricks: The Poison Pill Gambit

 

[rdean]

Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

All the Republicans who voted against it, obviously. Starting with Eric Cantor.

Problem is usually this is a scam. They put stuff in bills to make them unable to pass. It's called a poison pill.

In legislative debate, a wrecking amendment (also called a poison pill amendment or killer amendment) is an amendment made by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and who seeks to make it useless (by moving amendments to either make the bill malformed and nonsensical, or to severely change its intent) rather than directly opposing the bill by simply voting against it.

An important character of wrecking amendments is that they are not moved in good faith. The proposer of the amendment would not see the wrecked legislation as good legislation and would still not vote in favour of the legislation when it came to the final vote, even if the amendment were accepted. Motives for making them include allowing more debate, delaying the enactment of the legislation, or just sometimes a straightforward attempt to make the initiator of the legislation give up.

Some opponents of particular amendments will describe them as wrecking amendments because they regard the amendments as undermining the unity of the original proposal. Proponents of the amendment may seek to deny the charge by saying that the original proposal brings together different steps, and while personally they oppose all the parts, some parts are even worse than others and legislators should have an opportunity to consider them separately.

Wrecking amendments can pick up more votes than motions against, because observers tend to focus on who voted in favour and against the Bill in the final count, rather than looking at the amendments made during the passage through the legislature. Therefore it can be a wise tactic to try to introduce wrecking amendments at as many opportunities as possible.

​

Wrecking amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Politicians Play Dirty Tricks: The Poison Pill Gambit

If you are going to try to prove something, prove it's related. Don't just assume or imagine.

The truth is, and we both know it, Democrats are more likely to "help" Americans. Not so with Republicans. Unless it's millionaires. They love to help millionaires. I can provide many links proving that. But I don't have to because we both already know it to be true. Right? At least you can agree with that.

 

[mudwhistle]

All the Republicans who voted against it, obviously. Starting with Eric Cantor.

Problem is usually this is a scam. They put stuff in bills to make them unable to pass. It's called a poison pill.

In legislative debate, a wrecking amendment (also called a poison pill amendment or killer amendment) is an amendment made by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and who seeks to make it useless (by moving amendments to either make the bill malformed and nonsensical, or to severely change its intent) rather than directly opposing the bill by simply voting against it.

An important character of wrecking amendments is that they are not moved in good faith. The proposer of the amendment would not see the wrecked legislation as good legislation and would still not vote in favour of the legislation when it came to the final vote, even if the amendment were accepted. Motives for making them include allowing more debate, delaying the enactment of the legislation, or just sometimes a straightforward attempt to make the initiator of the legislation give up.

Some opponents of particular amendments will describe them as wrecking amendments because they regard the amendments as undermining the unity of the original proposal. Proponents of the amendment may seek to deny the charge by saying that the original proposal brings together different steps, and while personally they oppose all the parts, some parts are even worse than others and legislators should have an opportunity to consider them separately.

Wrecking amendments can pick up more votes than motions against, because observers tend to focus on who voted in favour and against the Bill in the final count, rather than looking at the amendments made during the passage through the legislature. Therefore it can be a wise tactic to try to introduce wrecking amendments at as many opportunities as possible.

​

Wrecking amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Politicians Play Dirty Tricks: The Poison Pill Gambit

If you are going to try to prove something, prove it's related. Don't just assume or imagine.

The truth is, and we both know it, Democrats are more likely to "help" Americans. Not so with Republicans. Unless it's millionaires. They love to help millionaires. I can provide many links proving that. But I don't have to because we both already know it to be true. Right? At least you can agree with that.

Horseshit. The Dems are Anti-American. There are at least 70 known Marxists/Communists/Socialists/Progressives in the party. There are more Liberal Millionaires in Wall Street than Conservatives by a large margin. New York and San Francisco are Liberal meccas. That is where the centers of power are outside Washington.

Throw up the links and I'll knock them down one by one.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

They are against disaster relief? Does that mean that Obama is for spreading gonorrhea?

 

[PoliticalChic]

It is sad that anyone would play politics with people's lives like this.

Never used to happen, disaster relief used to be a bipartisan issue.

So sad.

Actually, not.


"In 1887, Congress passed a bill appropriating money to Texas farmers who were suffering thorough a catastrophic drought. President Grover Cleveland’s veto included this response:
“And yet I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan as proposed by this bill, to indulge a benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds for that purpose.


I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the general government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that, though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.”

Cleveland was correct: “So he challenged private citizens to come forward. And here’s perhaps the weirdest part: They responded. A number of newspapers adopted the relief campaign and in the end Americans donated not $10,000 but $100,000 to the afflicted farmers.”
Obama's plan to stimulate the economy should be to do nothing.

 

[Charles_Main]

Tropical Storm Isaac gains strength, expected to become hurricane Sunday | Fox News

Republicans blocked an effort Monday by Senate Democrats to quickly pass a $7 billion aid package for victims of recent natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, tornadoes in the Midwest and the South and floods along the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers.

Republicans block disaster relief bill | Capitol Hill

One by one, GOP senators representing states that suffered disaster damage–including North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker–swiftly dashed the hopes of their constituents by voting against the relief package.

Republicans Block Disaster Relief to Their Own States

Democrats had hoped to use to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s depleted disaster fund. Democrats needed 60 votes to advance the measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13brfs-disasteraid.html

You would think Republicans would be fine not helping Blue States, but not helping Red States? Doesn't that piss their base off?

REMEMBER, IT'S DEMOCRATS THAT THE REPUBLICAN BASE OWE FOR GETTING DISASTER RELIEF. Democrats fight for the Republican base. And they don't even know it. The Republicans leadership is not on the side of the "little people".

Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

All the Republicans who voted against it, obviously. Starting with Eric Cantor.

It's never that simple in DC ass hat, they opposed it because they wanted Cuts made to offset it, because were spending to much money. Your side has a habit of attaching their pet spending projects to something like Disaster relief to force the GOP to either give them what they want, or be seen "opposing" Disaster Relief. You may fall for the Charade but I don't. I am not going to fault the GOP for Calling the Dems Bluff.

Try again asshole.

 

[NYcarbineer]

[Please name even one Republican that has ever said they were against Federal Disaster Relief.

Just one.

Either that or you could just STFU and stop spewing Lies.

Ron Paul.

Ron Paul: The Feds Should Have No Role In Disaster Relief

Now apologize to Mr. dean and to the board in general for being such an a-hole.

 

[WillowTree]

It is sad that anyone would play politics with people's lives like this.

Never used to happen, disaster relief used to be a bipartisan issue.

So sad.

It is sad. Maybe we should have thought about that before we got 16 TRillion dollars worth of debt racked up.

 

[California Girl]

Democrat disaster relief is predicated on democrat support. That's why Texas was denied disaster relief.

That's why relief for Joplin was cut to give more to the east coast (democrat) victims of Irene.

Texas: "Less Government!" "We want to secede!" "Hey! Where's our money!?"

Could you link to where a state can speak.

 

[Greenbeard]

Texas: "Less Government!" "We want to secede!" "Hey! Where's our money!?"

Could you link to where a state can speak.

Wow.

 

[midcan5]

"I’m just tired of the Republican Party being the stupid party." Joe Scarborough

Joe could have added the heartless, science-less, military support-less, and just plain ideologically hopeless.

'The War on Science, the Environment and Health' see link lots there.

“Rep. Joe Barton claimed that there was “no medical negative” from mercury, sulfur dioxide or other toxic air pollutants. This appalling statement flies in the face of years of scientific research and blatantly ignores the EPA’s finding that roughly one in twelve – and as many as one in six – women of childbearing age have unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies.” – From the League of Conservation Voters."
The Consequences of Evil - Republican Legislation Since 2010


"On matters of basic science and peer-reviewed knowledge, from evolution to climate change to elementary fiscal math, many Republicans in power cling to a level of ignorance that would get their ears boxed even in a medieval classroom. Congress incubates and insulates these knuckle-draggers." The Crackpot Caucus - NYTimes.com

It is sad. Maybe we should have thought about that before we got 16 TRillion dollars worth of debt racked up.

Over 70 percent of that is due to republican policies.