Lets remember Ted cruz didnt want sandy storm to get Fed aid

God bless America said:
libnesia will kick in & they will continue 2 lie in other thredz tho

u will c :rofl2:
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Looks like I was right.

Not only do liberals continue to deny the Sandy relief bill was bloated with Democrat spending, they systematically ignore the evidence and repost liberal media "rebuttals" instead of addressing the official CBO analysis or the text of the pork-laded appropriations bill.
 
tsuke said:
ther purposes indeed. The bill had provisions involving fisheries in Alaska and New England, which had suffered their own disasters; upgraded Amtrak lines, which had been largely unaffected by the storm; set aside money for highway improvements throughout the entire country; and devoted funds to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help it improve its weather forecasting. It also set aside $16 billion for a community-development fund that would send money not just to states affected by Sandy, but to any state that had declared a disaster within the previous two years — a criterion met by all but Arizona, Michigan, and South Carolina. Provisions such as these more usually go through the normal budgetary process; here, they were jammed into a bill that simply had to pass.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450912/hurricane-harvey-gop-non-hypocrisy

this is what national review says was in the bill. Is there any source from the left to verify / debunk?
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right wing trash
 
Thats not in the least bit true, but a convenient right wing lie. Over 95% went to Sandy aid and to programs and efforts involving future storms.
Maybe you can also explain why 4 member of congress from Texas, all republicans, voted against aid for their own state.
 
Democrats who were eager to bypass the budgeting process loaded Sandy relief down with billions in pork.

Here’s the CBO score.

https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/summarydrappropact2013-hr152-passedhouse00.pdf

Here's the appropriations bill as passed and signed into law:

https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ2/PLAW-113publ2.pdf

The summary is here:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/152.

Since I don't believe you will read the official documents (or understand them if you do), here are some extracts:

24 billion dollars of the funds weren’t anticipated to be disbursed until 2016 or later. The hurricane was in 2012.

According to CBO, almost $4 billion of the spending in that bill wasn't even for emergencies: $3.459 billion was designated as non-emergency spending.

16,000,000,000 dollars was earmarked for Community Development Block Grants (11 billion higher than HUD was requesting at the time)
600,000,000 was set aside for State and Tribal Assistance Grants under the EPA
348,000,000 for “construction” for the National Park Service
100,000,000 was included for the Head Start progam
50,000,000 was included for the Historic Preservation Fund
50,000,000 was penciled in for “construction” for Fish and Wildlife Services
24,000,000 was set aside for the Defense Working Capital Fund
10,000,000 was designated to Small Business Administration
4,400,000 was budgeted for “capital improvement” to the Forestry Service
2,000,000 was given to the Smithsonian to fix a leaky roof
1,000,000 was spent on new cars for the DEA
1,000,000 went to the Legal Services Corporation



PORK
 
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