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Stuart G

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10. Why did it miss they deadline? What does "knowingly stalled" mean?

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 10:03 PM

Oct 2019

The officials said that the agency missed a deadline issued by Congress to start a process to help Puerto Rico receive billions in federal housing funds that Congress had allocated after Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017.

If Trump ordered the slowdown of the payments, then it is all over. Everyone understands this, and to treat fellow citizens this way because of..???????

????? could be the biggest scandal of all.. WHY ??????????

just two words,..."knowingly stalled"...

By whom?
And why?

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Trump officials say aid to Puerto Rico was knowingly stalled after Hurricane Maria [View all] Julian Englis Oct 2019 OP

Maybe Puerto Rico should have offered dirt on Joe Biden. Yavin4 Oct 2019 #1

You beat me to it. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #2

Hahahahahahahaha..... FarPoint Oct 2019 #4

Same deal, different location. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #27

"committed to the recovery of all Americans" PSPS Oct 2019 #3

They haven't done much here after Harvey and Imelda either. Dustlawyer Oct 2019 #17

Actually, 76% of Puerto Rican are of European descent (mostly Spanish), but because they tblue37 Oct 2019 #22

I love the sound of whistles blowing on Capitol Hill rurallib Oct 2019 #5

One more impeachable offense and I'm gonna have to get a new hard drive for my computer list! abqtommy Oct 2019 #6

Why aren't more people reporting this? This should be the biggest story of the year. Nitram Oct 2019 #7

Give this one time...It very well could be the biggest story of the year. This is the major scandal. Stuart G Oct 2019 #9

also robbed Puerto Rico aid money to build the wall Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #13

Horrific blm Oct 2019 #8

Why did it miss they deadline? What does "knowingly stalled" mean? Stuart G Oct 2019 #10

The part quoted is confusing. Igel Oct 2019 #21

So, with Perry resigning, today I got to wondering WHO on the "original team" was left. slumcamper Oct 2019 #11

Maybe someone should reach over and give Ben a nudge to wake him up. patphil Oct 2019 #15

Mnuchin, Ross and DeVos BadgerMom Oct 2019 #16

That's the most unsurprising revelation yet. catbyte Oct 2019 #12

In Mick Mulvaney's disasterous (no pun intended) news conference patphil Oct 2019 #14

Another Impeachment Article Kid Berwyn Oct 2019 #18

Ooh, good to know ck4829 Oct 2019 #25

This seems to be another version of stiffing contractors. Delmette2.0 Oct 2019 #19

How many dead? Marthe48 Oct 2019 #20

Good question ck4829 Oct 2019 #24

K&R ck4829 Oct 2019 #23

Mulvaney: "We do it all the time". Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #26

Just tell the administration that Hunter Biden has several love children in PR, and if PR got ehrnst Oct 2019 #28