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
    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?