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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  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    You realize I’m not the person you were originally arguing back and forth with right?

    By the way, I just replied to your Medicare post a few minutes ago. Thank you for picking one, as my initial post challenged.

    Ps. It was between donkey and twat waffle.

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      28 days ago

      Uhhh what? Did you forget what you wrote? Every part of my prior comment is directly referencing a part of yours. Are you having a stroke or something?