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Related: About this forumCornyn Blames Democrats For Holding Up Harvey Relief In Senate
Senator John Cornyn is warning Texans not to get their hopes up that the end of the government shutdown brings the latest Harvey relief bill any closer to passage. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested he would move the bill after February 8, the next government funding deadline, along with action on DACA and other major issues.
Cornyn, the Senates number two Republican, said the disaster relief bill enjoys broad, bipartisan support and that it could pass the Senate today, if Democrats would agree to it. But he accuses Democrats of holding the measure hostage along with an agreement on spending for the rest of the fiscal year in order to win passage of legislation protecting immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Believe me, I share the frustration of Governor [Greg] Abbott and other Texans, who feel like weve been asked to wait and wait and wait again, only to find ourselves caught up in an unrelated issue. I think the people who suffered so much as a result of these hurricanes and natural disasters including Hurricane Harvey deserve better, said Cornyn.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats said their opposition has nothing to do with DACA. Rather, they said the bill falls far short of providing whats needed, particularly for hurricane victims in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Read more: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/01/23/263308/cornyn-blames-democrats-for-holding-up-harvey-relief-in-senate/
Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)This should happen.
They_Live
(3,231 posts)the wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes. Cornholio Jerkwad.
LeftInTX
(25,258 posts)He's a boring broken record.