Sen. Lindsey Graham wants federal aid for South Carolina floods — but doesn’t remember voting against Sandy relief for New Jersey, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is gluttonous federal aid afterwards his home accompaniment was ravaged by baleful floods amidst celebrated condensate triggered by Blow Joaquin.
“Let’s just get through this thing,” Graham said in an account with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” Monday. “And whatever it costs, it costs.”
But in 2013, Graham was a part of 36 Senate Republicans who voted adjoin giving agnate aid to New Jersey in the deathwatch of Blow Sandy. (The bill anesthetized in a 62 to 36 vote.)
Graham told Blitzer he didn’t bethink opposing the $50.5 billion Sandy abatement bill.
“I’m all for allowance the humans in New Jersey. I don’t absolutely bethink me voting that way,” Graham said. “I don’t absolutely anamnesis that, but I’d be animated to attending and acquaint you why I did vote no, if I did.”
Graham wasn’t the alone 2016 presidential applicant to argue Sandy relief. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz aswell voted adjoin the package.
“Hurricane Sandy inflicted adverse accident on the East Coast, and Congress appropriately responded with blow relief. Unfortunately, contemptuous politicians in Washington could not abide loading up this abatement bill with billions in new spending absolutely different to Sandy,” Cruz told the Houston Chronicle at the time. “This bill is appropriate of a beyond botheration in Washington — an addiction to spending money we do not have. The United States Senate should not be in the business of base victims of accustomed disasters.”
But as floodwaters raged in Texas beforehand this year, Cruz accepted the federal abutment his accompaniment was receiving.
“We’re seeing cooperation from accompaniment government, the bounded government and the federal government all continuing calm at a time of abundant challenge,” Cruz said.
“Let’s just get through this thing,” Graham said in an account with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” Monday. “And whatever it costs, it costs.”But in 2013, Graham was a part of 36 Senate Republicans who voted adjoin giving agnate aid to New Jersey in the deathwatch of Blow Sandy. (The bill anesthetized in a 62 to 36 vote.)
Graham told Blitzer he didn’t bethink opposing the $50.5 billion Sandy abatement bill.
“I’m all for allowance the humans in New Jersey. I don’t absolutely bethink me voting that way,” Graham said. “I don’t absolutely anamnesis that, but I’d be animated to attending and acquaint you why I did vote no, if I did.”
Graham wasn’t the alone 2016 presidential applicant to argue Sandy relief. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz aswell voted adjoin the package.
“Hurricane Sandy inflicted adverse accident on the East Coast, and Congress appropriately responded with blow relief. Unfortunately, contemptuous politicians in Washington could not abide loading up this abatement bill with billions in new spending absolutely different to Sandy,” Cruz told the Houston Chronicle at the time. “This bill is appropriate of a beyond botheration in Washington — an addiction to spending money we do not have. The United States Senate should not be in the business of base victims of accustomed disasters.”
But as floodwaters raged in Texas beforehand this year, Cruz accepted the federal abutment his accompaniment was receiving.
“We’re seeing cooperation from accompaniment government, the bounded government and the federal government all continuing calm at a time of abundant challenge,” Cruz said.
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