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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoth Louisiana Sens. Cassidy And Kennedy Vote Against Disaster Relief For Their Own State
https://www.politicususa.com/2021/09/27/cassidy-kennedy-disaster-relief.htmlPosted on Mon, Sep 27th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Both Louisiana Sens. Cassidy And Kennedy Vote Against Disaster Relief For Their Own State
Republican Louisiana Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy both voted against disaster relief for their own state.
Cassidy and Kennedy both voted no on a debt ceiling bill that contained disaster relief for Louisiana:
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The total cost of the damage from Hurricane Ida could reach $70-$80 billion. People and businesses in the state urgently need help. One of the primary jobs of a US Senator is to help those in their state after a natural disaster, but Cassidy and Kennedy are putting their party first.
Republicans are so desperate to stop President Biden that they are willing to deny their own constituents disaster relief.
The votes by Kennedy and Cassidy are a middle finger to the people of Louisiana. They represent a new low in the Republican Partys message that people come last.
Democrats should only offer disaster relief as part of a debt ceiling package and force Republicans to stab the American people in the back over and over again.
Mitch McConnell is driving Senate Republicans off of a cliff, and votes like these wont be forgotten because when people were in desperate need of help, Republicans put their party first.
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Both Louisiana Sens. Cassidy And Kennedy Vote Against Disaster Relief For Their Own State (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2021
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greymattermom
(5,751 posts)1. Some day
some Senators should get what they voted for. No infrastructure spending in their states, for example.
mopinko
(69,806 posts)2. i tell ya what i'd do.
i'd take both those bills back, axe every dime i could for these clowns districts/states, and ask them if they like that bill better.
i'd hit az and wv while i was at it.
lastlib
(22,981 posts)3. I like the idea....
but I hate to see actual people in need getting hurt. Wish there was a way to stick it to them without hurting folks in need.
mopinko
(69,806 posts)4. i wouldnt put it forward, just rub their noses in it.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)5. There are people, hit by Hurricane Laura last year, that still haven't received promised FEMA aid.
Still waiting. Over a year later. Constantly being told to "Be patient".
I personally know several of those people, who are from the Lake Charles area.