Jim DeMint Verified account @JimDeMint
3h3 hours ago
.@SpeakerPelosi tried to spend $19 billion without a vote after sending the entire House home for vacation.
Conservative @RepChipRoy stayed in DC and objected to these shenanigans.
Chip is a courageous warrior and we need more like him.
LG~~Wonder what that was all about.
Off again to take friend to the foot doctor, later.....
19 billion is a lot.
Disaster relief.
Roy took issue with passing the measure without a roll call vote. He also complained that the legislation lacks offsets to prevent it from driving up the deficit and that congressional leaders left off billions of dollars in emergency funding Trump seeks for handling the inflow of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The disaster relief bill was in doubt almost until the end. Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) made a personal appeal to Trump during a call on Thursday afternoon, urging him to sign off on the plan to separate immigration aid from the disaster package.
The House could still pass the bill by unanimous consent next week, if no lawmaker comes to the floor to object.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/24/chip-roy-blocks-disaster-aid-funding-1343295
Here you go.
By Jeff Stein and Mike DeBonis
May 24 at 2:04 PM A House Republican lawmaker blocked a $19.1 billion disaster aid package on Friday, delaying a bill that would send federal funding to disaster-affected areas across the country.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) voted to block the legislation, which has the support of President Trump and easily passed the Senate on Thursday. His move was met with immediate criticism, including from Republicans representing disaster-hit areas where millions of Americans have been awaiting federal help for months.
Roy said he was objecting to the bill because it would add to the country’s debt, as well as because it left out $4.4 billion in additional spending for federal operations along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lone Republican stalls $19.1 billion worth of nationwide disaster aid