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As Hurricane Helene careened toward Florida's Panhandle, numerous Republicans voted against extending funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Last week, Congress approved $20 billion for FEMA'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.

The 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, including Florida Representative Matt Gaetz.


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[–] [email protected] 150 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just to be clear, only Republicans voted against this.

Inb4 “Why are they only talking about Republican no votes???”

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Can’t let the libs have a win! Even at the cost of hundreds or thousands of lives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Some of you will die, but that's a price I'm willing to pay.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry. Fema will run out of money before the end of hurricane season and Christian Nationalist Mike Johnson has refused to hold any votes giving it additional funding until after the election.

Democrats need to be pushing this out into the public consciousness hard, so when Fema does run out of money and people in dire need can't get help, they know who to blame.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Yup, just air Mike Johnson saying "I won't hold votes on this until the election is over". The ad copy writes itself: Republicans don't care how many of you or your loved ones die.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I said the same thing. Harris needs to player this on ads everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (5 children)

One would think the next senate/house election in an area saying, "This guy voted against disaster relief for a disaster that directly affected you" would be an absolute killer, but some of these folks would vote for Lucifer if he had a R next to his name.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And would refuse to vote for Jesus if he ran as a Dem.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They would refuse to vote for Jesus because he's to woke, regardless of party. XD

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They would refuse to vote for Jesus because he's a non-white Middle Easterner with a Mexican name.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Her name is R-Kamala Harris.

Instant win!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

"How could I possibly vote for the DEMONcrat party?" - the qons, probably.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I‘d much rather have Lucifer in power than any republican.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Well all these representatives go back to their districts and then lie about it. And they say they voted for the relief but Biden denied it.

In fact, only one request has been denied in recent memory and it was by Trump.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely ridiculous that Newsweek would post this biased one-sided list. Why only list the GOP "no" votes?! Both sides!

Here's a list of all the Democrats that voted against FEMA funding:

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Part of me wishes we could simply not help these states. But there are people among them that don't deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's more than unfair, it's wicked that the majority of people are being represented by minority voices. It's costing lives that we aren't fixing this.

Please, please please people, get more involved in your state and county and community politics so these people stop running uncontested and unexposed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

And even when it doesn't actually kill people, it's ruining people's lives and fun in ways they often will never recover from.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

I still love the fact that "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is a joke because it's obviously impossible, and republicans were just too fucking stupid to get it so they're like "lol this is our economic policy"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 haven't gone extinct but then I remember we've been working on it (climate change) for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

How else do you get to stir shit about fema not having funds if they are properly funded?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

It makes sense. The only people killed by Helene were gays, immigrants (there were no immigrants in Eden!), and this one guy who was "curious" about being an immigrant. /s

[–] Jyek 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What is absolutely absurd to me is the fact that there are votes against from Texas, Florida, and Louisiana. The three states who vastly out consume the FEMA budget annually since 2015.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Why are we giving NC anything? They need to develop personnel responsibility. Also this is gods judgement on them for something. /s I am trying to replicate GOP thinking. How did I do?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

there should be an organization that just puts these names on billboards around the country or something, i think that would be funny.

It happens often enough you could easily make this a thing anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Now the orange supporting shit stains have Hurricane Milton on their hands.

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