Eleven Republicans Oppose Hurricane Appropriations

Red State.org ^ | Tim Saler

[mosquitobite]

Jeff Flake was on O'Reilly tonight. He explained his vote quite well in my opinion. I wish more Republicans would be like these guys.

As Davy Crockett said "Not Yours to Give"

As Flake put it, this is an average of $600 per family to pay for this. With little to no oversight. Not Yours to Give

[oceanview]

we need to get as much of NO back up and running as fast as we can - and get the people who cannot return relocated into other cities/states as fast as possible. the Dems are not going to let go of this, they are going to bankrupt us with spending on everything under the sun related to Katrina - and our party does not have any political courage to stop it.

[Argus]

This is a principled vote. The Crocodile Tears Left is going to squeeze this disaster for as much graft as it will give. Time to say not so fast, early and often.

[Undertow]

"Not Yours To Give."

Well said.

[quidnunc]

H.R. 3673 was one of those bills which could not be amended.

That means that the legislators couldn't get their fingers in the pot to get some pork for their districts.

[Sonny M]

What did Tom Tancredo think this was somehow, someway related to illegals?

[rodguy911]

This additional 50 billion dollar allocation plus the initial 10 billion puts Katrina at double the cost of andrew.
what the hell happened to insuring your assets against loss? I pay a fortune in insurance every year and when my house burned to the ground 6 years ago and i lost everything and had to start over again I got zero from the feds.
Hey for 8 billion we can build a fence across the entire mexicon border and get some bang for our bucks.
I'm pissed too.

[stopem]

Republicans of a more fiscally-conservative, libertarian philosophy.

And I applaud them!! About time!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I have absolutely no problem with their principled "no" votes. I just wish that they and their colleagues would do more of it...

[diogenes ghost]

"Not Yours to Give." Google that entire term, it will take you to Ron Paul's web site, and a remarkable story about Congressman Davy Crockett. Not terribly long, if you have not read it, all Freepers should be familiar with it. It certainly explains Paul's stance, and why it should be the stance of all who represent us.

[Undertow]

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[dts32041]

No we don't levees need to be destroyed and the parts that aren't naturally above water returned to wet lands.

If you must rebuild move it up river about 50 miles.

There is no reason for NOLA to exist except as a curiosity.

Then take the money that was appropriated and start a canal from the mexican gulf to the pacfic.

Helps control the border and sets up a large enterprise zone for refineries, etc.

[mosquitobite]

Not sure how to make this a hyperlink but it's a must read if you haven't before:

http://www.campaignsitebuilder.com/templates/displayfiles/tmpl48.asp?SiteID=114&PageID=6120&Trial=false

[UB355]

# James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin; is my crongress critter. Good for him.

[tfecw]

Thanks for the list.

Let people take care of people. Get the government out, they have more important things to do like run baseball.

[Rodney King]

they are going to bankrupt us with spending on everything under the sun related to Katrina -

As opposed to the way that W and the GOP have been bankrupting us with spending on everything under the son on every other branch of government?

[quantim]

we need to get as much of NO back up and running as fast as we can

That parts only above sea level.

[oceanview]

we should help these evacuees, no doubt about it. and we should rebuild at least parts of the city where its sane to rebuild.

but where is 2 billion dollars a day going to? we spend 5 billion a month in iraq.

[I see my hands]

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Make that 12.

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[va4me]

seem to have had relatively little obvious reason to vote against the bill

The fact that it is paid for by more borrowing rather than spending cuts elsewhere is reason enough to vote against the bill.

At least there are a few fiscal conservatives left.