Houses members go to PR for oversight while Hamilton cast FUNDRAISES

[Centerleftfl]

Well, I should have assumed the WINGSHIT I've been reading was just that. It had been in the ether that Miranda was taking Hamilton to PR so I thought there might be a tie-in to the surge of POSTS here about DEMS vacationing in PR.

I googled this. Both were down there at the same time. Hamilton is doing 3 weeks as a fundraiser for relief. (Miranda is Puerto Rican).

The most salient connection to POLITICS to me, besides the fact that PR is generally DEM is that Trump wanted to reappropriate funds from DISASTER RELIEF--to HIS wall. Not a bad time for REPUBLICANS to go and see what's going on on the ground either. But that's probably a fantasy.

PS The only 'bunch of lobbyists' I find that went as well is a "LATINA" SUPERPAC to elect MORE DEMOCRATS in Congress. (Maybe they also shill for the anti-COAL, green party, gay rights, feminist, pro-choicers. Who knows).

Bold PAC is the fastest growing Democratic Political Action Committee dedicated to increasing the diversity of our leadership in the House and Senate. It champions progressive Democrats fighting for change.

It is more devastating than many of us realized": Congressional delegation visits Puerto Rico

BY CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
UPDATED ON: JANUARY 13, 2019 / 4:45 PM / CBS NEWS

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Over the weekend, Puerto Rico welcomed more than 30 members of Congress — the largest congressional delegation to ever visit the island. The contingent of Democratic lawmakers set foot on Puerto Rican soil during a trying time for the U.S. territory, still grappling with a prolonged debt-crisis and recovering from two destructive storms.

"It is more devastating than many of us realized. I'm glad that we came," Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-California, told CBS News. "The reason why we came is to touch, feel and smell and understand with our hearts and our minds what the heck is going on in Puerto Rico."

On Saturday, the delegation held a round table with local officials to discuss post-Hurricane Maria recovery efforts, unpopular austerity measures and federal investment to the island. Some of Puerto Rico's mayors and legislators pleaded with congressional leaders for more federal assistance, the repeal of the Jones Act, the end or modification of the fiscal oversight board established by Congress in 2016 and more local control over recovery funds sent by Washington.

The House and Senate Democrats on the island are attending a winter retreat organized by Bold PAC, a super PAC run by Cárdenas that serves as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' fundraising arm.

"The fact that we as Congress have approved tens of billions of dollars and then a small, small amount of that money has actually been approved and actually has arrived in Puerto Rico is shocking," Cárdenas said. "And that, in my opinion, has continued to contribute to the demise of Puerto Rico's economy, to the death toll in Puerto Rico."



Democratic lawmakers traveled to Puerto Rico to discuss post-hurricane Maria recovery efforts, unpopular austerity measures and federal investment to the island with local officials.COURTESY OF BOLD PAC

According to a study accepted by the Puerto Rican government, nearly 3,000 people died when Hurricane Maria struck the island — making it the deadliest U.S.-based natural disaster in 100 years. The island incurred about $90 billion in damages when the powerful storm hammered the U.S. territory in September of 2017, debilitating an already fragile economy.

For years, Puerto Rico — home to approximately 3.2 million U.S. citizens — has been plagued by economic woes, exacerbated by a ballooning debt. Since Congress passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, known as PROMESA, to address the mounting debt crisis, a federal fiscal board has directed the island's government to make budget cuts to several welfare and educational programs, angering a large segment of the population.

Mayors Carmen Yulín Cruz and María Meléndez — who lead the two largest cities on the island, San Juan and Ponce, respectively — told the delegation that the fiscal board is an undemocratic institution which has hindered the reconstruction of the island by ordering deep austerity cuts that the Puerto Rican government has no power to stop. The board, known locally as "la junta," is made up of seven members appointed by the White House...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congres...ay-2019-01-12/

[Irish]

What a disgrace the dims are. The OP is desperate to spin this vacation as a relief effort... LOL!

While 800,000 fed workers are furloughed.

[Centerleftfl]

"They" don't even try anymore do they? This is from TOWNHALL yesterday. No Democrats, no lobbyists--hell no people!

Dems Are Partying With Lobbyists In Puerto Rico While Government Employees Are Losing Their Homes


Beth Baumann
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Posted: Jan 12, 2019 7:30 PM



We're currently in the midst of the longest government shutdown in American history. President Donald Trump said he would stay in the White House all weekend, in hopes that Democrats would be willing to negotiate a budget that included funding for his highly-anticipated border wall. That definitely won't happen now that it's known that at least 30 Democrats are partying in Puerto Rico with hundreds of lobbyists. It's all part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC winter retreat, The Washington Examiner reported.

[Irish Exit]

Hamilton is going to be like Cats. It just isn't going to die easily.

[Phantasmal]

Well, I should have assumed the WINGSHIT I've been reading was just that. It had been in the ether that Miranda was taking Hamilton to PR so I thought there might be a tie-in to the surge of POSTS here about DEMS vacationing in PR.

I googled this. Both were down there at the same time. Hamilton is doing 3 weeks as a fundraiser for relief. (Miranda is Puerto Rican).

The most salient connection to POLITICS to me, besides the fact that PR is generally DEM is that Trump wanted to reappropriate funds from DISASTER RELIEF--to HIS wall. Not a bad time for REPUBLICANS to go and see what's going on on the ground either. But that's probably a fantasy.

PS The only 'bunch of lobbyists' I find that went as well is a "LATINA" SUPERPAC to elect MORE DEMOCRATS in Congress. (Maybe they also shill for the anti-COAL, green party, gay rights, feminist, pro-choicers. Who knows).

Bold PAC is the fastest growing Democratic Political Action Committee dedicated to increasing the diversity of our leadership in the House and Senate. It champions progressive Democrats fighting for change.

It is more devastating than many of us realized": Congressional delegation visits Puerto Rico

BY CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
UPDATED ON: JANUARY 13, 2019 / 4:45 PM / CBS NEWS

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Over the weekend, Puerto Rico welcomed more than 30 members of Congress — the largest congressional delegation to ever visit the island. The contingent of Democratic lawmakers set foot on Puerto Rican soil during a trying time for the U.S. territory, still grappling with a prolonged debt-crisis and recovering from two destructive storms.

"It is more devastating than many of us realized. I'm glad that we came," Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-California, told CBS News. "The reason why we came is to touch, feel and smell and understand with our hearts and our minds what the heck is going on in Puerto Rico."

On Saturday, the delegation held a round table with local officials to discuss post-Hurricane Maria recovery efforts, unpopular austerity measures and federal investment to the island. Some of Puerto Rico's mayors and legislators pleaded with congressional leaders for more federal assistance, the repeal of the Jones Act, the end or modification of the fiscal oversight board established by Congress in 2016 and more local control over recovery funds sent by Washington.

The House and Senate Democrats on the island are attending a winter retreat organized by Bold PAC, a super PAC run by Cárdenas that serves as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' fundraising arm.

"The fact that we as Congress have approved tens of billions of dollars and then a small, small amount of that money has actually been approved and actually has arrived in Puerto Rico is shocking," Cárdenas said. "And that, in my opinion, has continued to contribute to the demise of Puerto Rico's economy, to the death toll in Puerto Rico."



Democratic lawmakers traveled to Puerto Rico to discuss post-hurricane Maria recovery efforts, unpopular austerity measures and federal investment to the island with local officials.COURTESY OF BOLD PAC

According to a study accepted by the Puerto Rican government, nearly 3,000 people died when Hurricane Maria struck the island — making it the deadliest U.S.-based natural disaster in 100 years. The island incurred about $90 billion in damages when the powerful storm hammered the U.S. territory in September of 2017, debilitating an already fragile economy.

For years, Puerto Rico — home to approximately 3.2 million U.S. citizens — has been plagued by economic woes, exacerbated by a ballooning debt. Since Congress passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, known as PROMESA, to address the mounting debt crisis, a federal fiscal board has directed the island's government to make budget cuts to several welfare and educational programs, angering a large segment of the population.

Mayors Carmen Yulín Cruz and María Meléndez — who lead the two largest cities on the island, San Juan and Ponce, respectively — told the delegation that the fiscal board is an undemocratic institution which has hindered the reconstruction of the island by ordering deep austerity cuts that the Puerto Rican government has no power to stop. The board, known locally as "la junta," is made up of seven members appointed by the White House...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congres...ay-2019-01-12/

Trump, once again, is not informed, and abysmally stupid.