Mike Johnson Refuses To Bring The House Back To Pass Hurricane Relief [View all]
Sarah Reese Jones
Warnings are growing that more hurricane relief is needed by Speaker Mike Johnson wont reconvene the House until after the election.
10:45 AM · Oct 10, 2024
PoliticusUSA - Mike Johnson Refuses To Bring The House Back To Pass Hurricane Relief
Jason Easley
Mike Johnson
Thu, Oct 10th, 2024
Warnings are growing that more hurricane relief is needed by Speaker Mike Johnson wont reconvene the House until after the election.
Semafor reported:
Johnson previously addressed calls for a vote for additional FEMA funding, but now faces more pressure after the Small Business Administration said less than $100 million remains in federal disaster loans money. Johnson isnt budging. The SBA has plenty of money right now to serve the immediate needs, Johnson told reporters in Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday. When Congress returns to session right after the election, thatll be one of the first agenda items that we have to address.
Johnson wont pass FEMA funding, and he wont pass SBA disaster relief until after the election, which is sending a clear message to the millions of people in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
People who are suffering and have lost everything are going to have to wait, because the election is more important to House Republican than doing their jobs.
Mike Johnson has shown that he views the speakership as a tool to help Donald Trump, so if he can create a crisis, which one more storm in that region would be a crisis, Republicans seem to be under the impression that it would help them.
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The 118th congress deserves to die a painful death - worst congress in generations!