And here we go...
The GOP in the senate has blocked a disaster relief bill.
Over the last month or two, Eric Cantor has been extremely vocal about not supporting any disaster relief unless it can be offset by other spending cuts. Yesterday, the Senate voted down the disaster relief bill that would have seen assistance for millions of Americans who have been affected by fire, flood, hurricane, and earthquake.
Never before has the government refused to give disaster relief to those in need. I'm sure that had those Americans planned ahead for disaster (like the east coast planning ahead for a large earthquake, because that happens there so often), that they could have paid to rebuild their homes and towns themselves, but not all of us are as healthy, wealthy and wise as our wonderful GOP representatives in Congress.
And now Cantor has said that he's going to attach a disaster relief package to a "must-pass" piece of legislation. Way to tie our hands, dude. If the dems don't go along with whatever anti-humanitarian bill you want to pass now, you'll paint them as the bad guys in not passing disaster relief. This bill should be a stand alone piece of emergency legislation, not tied up in the political wrangling and the debacle that has become our government. Get these people the help that they need. Without tying it to anything else.
Not even sure what to say about this, except that What. The. Fuck. is the matter with these people? Yes, we plan as best we can. Yes, we try to budget as best we can. But guess what? Shit happens.
And you're there in Washington to help us deal with this particular piece of shit. Except I'm thinking the disasters aren't necessarily what I should be calling pieces of shit right about now.
ETA: As of 3:00 PT, the senate just overcame the GOP filibuster, and the bill now heads to the House. OK, Cantor. It's up to you. Much of that disaster relief is for your own district. Hmmm... Is it an election year for you?
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