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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  • Nougat
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    1467 months ago

    Just to be clear, only Republicans voted against this.

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

  • @SlippiHUD@lemmy.world
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    627 months ago

    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.

    • @Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      227 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.

  • Stern
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    607 months ago

    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.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      37 months ago

      here’s a list of democrats that voted against this funding:

      N/A

      FTFY (null is technically a value and we don’t want to confuse people /s)

    • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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      337 months ago

      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.

      • JaggedRobotPubes
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        87 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.

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      267 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”

    • TeoTwawki
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      7 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.

  • @BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    217 months ago

    I’m a Republican directly effected by this and I’m HAPPY they voted AGAINST it! This Bill that would have saved my Life ALSO allowed TRANS KIDS to Exist! And it’s JOE BIDENS fault that Republicans voted against it anyways!

  • Don Escobar
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    127 months ago

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

  • Waldowal
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    117 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

  • @MyOpinion@lemm.ee
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    107 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?

  • @Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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    97 months ago

    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.

    • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      This just in!.. San Diego California, a city of millions of American tax payers is currently suffering from a huge, never before seen unprecedented amount of horribly fine weather. A western front of sunshine this morning will be overcome by torrential sunshine in the evening and it will be like that for 8 straight days and 9 gay days. In the neighboring city of La Jolla, the sun will come out as gay after the morning mist of horribly refreshing sea water. The gayness of the 🌞 will start with a 🌈 rainbow and end with another devastating rainbow 🌈. Several people in LA have identified what appears to be a cloud. Sources say it is homeless, but that is the least of their problems. Now back to you Seattle!..yes here in Seattle we will have rain, followed by slightly less rain and then more rain.

  • KillingTimeItself
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    67 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.

  • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    47 months ago

    Maybe just move people out permanently and settle them down in a location that is not earthquake, fire or flooding prone? Is there such a place in the US?