[Sooth2222]

In other words, it was a tug of war between the Democrats and Republicans over who was going to get the credit/patronage/payola for the development.

As it was for much, much more waste, graft and corruption that followed Sandy, too.

The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (H.R. 219) included $150 million for fisheries in Alaska and $2 million to fix a Smithsonian roof. The vote on the bill was 403 to 0 so NO members of Congress actually had the stones to stand up and vote against it. (Think of all the poor, wet children!)

[Praxeologue]

The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (H.R. 219) included $150 million for fisheries in Alaska and $2 million to fix a Smithsonian roof. The vote on the bill was 403 to 0 so NO members of Congress actually had the stones to stand up and vote against it. (Think of all the poor, wet children!)

I watched the CSPAN debate. Not one House member called out that lineup of hogs at the trough, filled with phony outrage.