These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief

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(08-23-2016, 11:26 AM)PhilHos Wrote: I like how you post an article that supposed to blast these guys but in the same article it basically defends them. They WERE for Sandy relief, just not as much as was asked for and even then, they were okay with it as long as there was some offset somewhere (you know, kind of like what the Dems always ask for when a Repub proposes a tax cut).

So, unless these guys decide to ask for supplemental relief, then I don't see the issue here other than the standard politicization surrounding a disaster.

They were so much for it they voted against it because their attempt at "offsets" never had a chance of passing.

Quote:Scalise and Cassidy said their objection actually had been that the House had failed to offset the Sandy appropriation with federal budget cutbacks elsewhere. “Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive,” Scalise said at the time. 


But they almost certainly knew that their proposed offsets were sure bill-killers: They would have eliminated mass transit subsidies for federal workers and certain agricultural subsidies, among other things. When an amendment to require those offsets was voted down, Scalise, Cassidy and Fleming rejected the $50.5-billion total, including the initial $17-billion piece.

Got it.