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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  • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
    61Ā·
    2 months ago

    Good thing everything on the internet is true. You must be a real ā€œdemā€ for sure. That is how us ā€œdemsā€ refer to ourselves all the time. Right fellow dem? Actually, Iā€™m not a dem. Iā€™m a straight ticket repub. Iā€™ve just become disenfranchised with my party due to their policies which is what this post is actually about. For some reason you want to talk about anything but that thoughā€¦ Strange.

    Instead of trying to convince people of something completely unverifiable, do you care to comment on the actual subject of this post or are you just here to complain about how everyone picks on the poor Republicans who are actively trying to block aid to hurricane victims so that theyā€™ll be unable to vote in swing states?

    • Organichedgehog@lemmy.world
      18Ā·
      2 months ago

      Lol dude get a life, my comments are straightforward and comprehensive. Idgaf if you donā€™t want to read them, want to make a thousand strawmans, or make me into a REPUBLICAN PLANT that has REAL REASONS to lie about that. You very clearly project your bizarre worldview onto others. Have fun with that.

        • Organichedgehog@lemmy.world
          17Ā·
          2 months ago

          Reading comprehension doesnā€™t seem to be your strong suit. Why would I waste any actual thought on some weird teenager who thinks there are uNdErCoVer rEpUbLiCaNs in this thread CREATING OUTRAGE and KEEPING OTHERS FROM ENGAGING lolol, I have a hard time even typing that out without cringing, you weirdo

          • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
            41Ā·
            2 months ago

            Sigh. Donā€™t be so dramatic. Iā€™m just here to talk about the actual subject of this post. I didnā€™t care about your voting preferences. I just think itā€™s wrong to try and block disaster aid.

            • Organichedgehog@lemmy.world
              16Ā·
              2 months ago

              Lol ā€œsighā€ followed by ā€œdonā€™t be dramaticā€, classic :) also following your bizarre accusations about my NEFARIOUS MOTIVATIONS, totally not dramatic

              Kinda weird to say ā€œI donā€™t care about your voting preferencesā€ after explicitly making this our back-and-forth all about my voting preferences (well, your incorrect assumption about my voting preferences)

              • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
                2Ā·
                2 months ago

                Your voting preferences are not verifiable and therefore not important to this conversation. The only thing that we can currently verify about you is that you really really donā€™t want to talk about Republicans blocking aid to hurricane victims. What do you think about the subject of this post?