House passes $50.5 billion in Sandy aid, Republicans trim items

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

House passes 50.5 billion in Sandy aid, Republicans trim items

By David Lawder
WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:00pm EST

(Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions.

The aid package for the storm that ravaged New York and New Jersey coastlines now moves to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to win swift passage.

The legislation had been tied up for weeks in the House amid congressional brawling over U.S. deficit reduction, spending and taxes in the New Year's new fiscal drama.

And surprisingly stiff opposition from Republicans in the 241-180 vote foreshadows a tough road ahead for winning House approval of future budget deals over the debt limit and other looming fiscal deadlines.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-storm-sandy-relief-passage-idUSBRE90F01420130116

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. I particularly liked

***Republican Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, reflecting strong desire in his party to force spending cuts after accepting higher tax rates on the wealthy, said he did not want to fund the aid with borrowed money.***

Okay Mulvaney, we'll use tax dollars to pay for the aid and borrow money to pay for the DOD. How's that?

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2. DEMOCRATS in the house passed this legislation.

[Mass]

3. Paul Ryan is one of the assholes voting NO. (Twice now)

Shockingly, Cantor voted AYE (I guess there are climate events in VA).

Of course, Cooper was the lone Democratic NO vote.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll023.xml