Congress approved $20 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund as Hurricane Helene was heading toward Florida.

As Hurricane Helene careened toward Floridaā€™s Panhandle, numerousĀ Republicans voted against extending funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Last week,Ā Congress approved $20 billion for FEMAā€™s disaster relief fund as part of a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through December 20. But the measure left out billions of dollars in requested supplemental disaster funding.

TheĀ Senate approved the measure by a 78-18 vote on September 25 after it passed the House in a 341-82 vote. Republicans supplied the no votes in both chambers.

Some of the Republicans who voted against the bill represent states that have been hard hit by Helene, includingĀ Florida Representative Matt Gaetz.

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    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26Ā·
      2 months ago

      I still love the fact that ā€œpull yourself up by your bootstrapsā€ is a joke because itā€™s obviously impossible, and republicans were just too fucking stupid to get it so theyā€™re like ā€œlol this is our economic policyā€

    • TeoTwawki@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8Ā·
      2 months ago

      These idiots think FEMA is for death camps not disaster relief so in thier conspiracy ridden easily controlled minds, republicans who voted no are heroes.

      sometimes I wonder how we havenā€™t gone extinct but then I remember weā€™ve been working on it (climate change) for a long time.