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After taking a public shaming from Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, relented today to hold a vote this Friday for one of two aid packages aimed at providing relief for states hit by superstorm Sandy.
"There's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: The House majority and their speaker John Boehner," Christie told reporters in a press conference today. "Last night, my party was responsible for this."
"I called the speaker four times. He did not take my calls," he said. "All I can tell you was this was the speaker's decision -- his alone."
Christie decried the decision as "unprecedented," "outrageous," and politically motivated.
"I think, unfortunately, folks are putting politics ahead of their responsibilities," he said. "It's absolutely disgraceful... It's why the American people hate Congress."
Last night politics was placed before our oaths to serve our citizens. For me it was disappointing and disgusting to watch," he said. "If the people of New Jersey feel betrayed today by those who did this in the House last night, then they have good company. I'm with them."
Shame on Christie. The bill was 60% pork and had NOTHING to do with Sandy
Shame on Christie. The bill was 60% pork and had NOTHING to do with Sandy
That's not Christie's fault. Christie's point is that it's taken more than 66 days to get a bill written and passed. He's pointing out how incompetent Washington is. They shouldn't have put all that pork in there.
Once again y'all aren't "giving" all this money to hold up the red states. It's an incredibly misleading statistic.
1. Block grants awarded to every state: Congress often passes legislation that gives equal dollars to every state. If each state gets $50 million dollars, regardless if a state voted for it or not, states with lower populations will seemingly be getting more.
2. Less populated rural states have a much higher proportion of federal owned lands such as National Parks. Therefore tax dollars that seem to be going to these states are really just going to support the federal government's land holdings.
3. Going off two, these states also have a way higher number of military installations, which probably is the highest inflator of why states receive so much money per capita.
4. Highly populated states receive hundreds of billions more in gross tax dollars.
Lastly, while military members our paid, I would argue that the sacrifice their families and not to mention themselves make is worth much more than the salary they make. To simply brush them off as getting paid by your tax dollars is nothing short of callous and yet again, arrogant.
Every US citizen pays the same federal tax rate. How that money is spent is up to congress, a body in which your highly populated states have many more members and therefore votes.
Hehe. You are talking about a small fraction of the pie. NJ/NY has counties that send more tax dollars to Washington than some entire states. Do you really need our money so badly that you can't allow our own citizens to rebuild with their own dollars? You seem to be advocating redistribution of our wealth, and then calling us arrogant for fighting against it in a time of need. We have people hurting, and we are not even asking you to give up anything that you produced. THAT is arrogance. You should advocate us rebuilding even better than before and then we can continue supporting other states even more than we did before. If we dont rebuild, it hurts GDP because it effects what we can contribute in the future. You complain about the gulf states getting less than we are asking for, but financially, it makes for a great investment in this region.
Shame on Christie. The bill was 60% pork and had NOTHING to do with Sandy
Can you show me where you got the 60% figure? I was under the impression that the pork was more like 2%, which is still 2% more than I would like.
Also, if the 60% pork was the real issue, why didnt they take care of it in the past 2 months instead of waiting until the day of the vote?
Republican obstructionism in action. Their goal is just to shut everything down and prevent anything from getting done no matter how needed.
My question is whether Christie, King or the other outrage Republicans will speak out when the Right Wing Nuts try to bring down the global economy in a couple of months. I am taking about the debt ceiling fight.
My question is whether Christie, King or the other outrage Republicans will speak out when the Right Wing Nuts try to bring down the global economy in a couple of months. I am taking about the debt ceiling fight.
Christie is the governor of NJ.... not a representative. He'll just stick to his job.
Christie is the governor of NJ.... not a representative. He'll just stick to his job.
Well the economy of NJ will be affected by a refusal of the US Government to pay it's bills. It's all interconnected somehow, and that is also why NJ is asking for federal aid.
The Governors could speak out when national politics are hurting the States. Gov Christie did speak out regarding Sandy, and he is not a member of the the house of Representative or Senator.
Looks like Christie is building his own army of swooners. He is counting the votes the sheeple will bring by his slobbering around begging for money. Democrats love that kind of stuff. The po widdle vicitims need money now dammit. And that debris from the tsunami needs to be tracked NOW!! LOL
Interesting observation as to what you thought of Christie's comments. I didn't see it as political posturing, at all but rather a governor who was told by the President that help would be available and then was blocked (for whatever reason). He was angry with the way Washington is dealing with these sorts of matters. That's how I interpreted it, anyway. BTW, I'm neither democrat or republican. Been an independent for decades which is why I share the same opinion of both parties. Neither are any good, they are both to blame for this country's situation. Yet, I see people here defending each of them and bashing the other when they should be looking at their own party and judging them appropriately and without blinders on.
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