Mike Johnson Refuses To Bring The House Back To Pass Hurricane Relief

[Dennis Donovan]

Sarah Reese Jones
Warnings are growing that more hurricane relief is needed by Speaker Mike Johnson won’t reconvene the House until after the election.

10:45 AM · Oct 10, 2024

PoliticusUSA - Mike Johnson Refuses To Bring The House Back To Pass Hurricane Relief

Jason Easley
Mike Johnson
Thu, Oct 10th, 2024

Warnings are growing that more hurricane relief is needed by Speaker Mike Johnson won’t reconvene the House until after the election.

Semafor reported:

Johnson previously addressed calls for a vote for additional FEMA funding, but now faces more pressure after the Small Business Administration said less than $100 million remains in federal disaster loans money. Johnson isn’t budging. “The SBA has plenty of money right now to serve the immediate needs,” Johnson told reporters in Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday. “When Congress returns to session right after the election, that’ll be one of the first agenda items that we have to address.”

Johnson won’t pass FEMA funding, and he won’t pass SBA disaster relief until after the election, which is sending a clear message to the millions of people in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.

People who are suffering and have lost everything are going to have to wait, because the election is more important to House Republican than doing their jobs.

Mike Johnson has shown that he views the speakership as a tool to help Donald Trump, so if he can create a crisis, which one more storm in that region would be a crisis, Republicans seem to be under the impression that it would help them.

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The 118th congress deserves to die a painful death - worst congress in generations!

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[BOSSHOG]

1. Let's make a bad thing worse - GOP Motto

Let’s ensure that peoples homes will suffer so much destruction that FEMA won’t want to confiscate them thus showing those effected by a natural disaster that it is the grand old party which really loves and cares about them. Because the gop has conservative values. Oh, and we will be sure to blame the Dems for everything. Just in case.

[rso]

2. RSO

Pres. Biden has full authority to call Congress back into session, I don’t know why he’s not doing it and then let republicans vote against additional funding if they dare.

[newdeal2]

3. Campaigning I guess

Or maybe waiting until Milton’s damage can be assessed. But we should be hammering them everyday on this issue until it gets resolved.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. This is an Election issue Democrats!

Use it against Republicans who care more about their campaigns than the suffering of people.

Democrats will WIN and WIN BIG.

[BoRaGard]

5. He's a republicon

'nuf said.

[Deuxcents]

6. Now that's leadership, for ya. Republican style

[geardaddy]

7. He's a complete shit weasel n/t

[Prairie_Seagull]

8. From an athiest.

Mark 12,31. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Guess he hates thyself.

[tulipsandroses]

9. Someone on tv said that this is one reason some of the republicans are speaking out against trump's FEMA conspiracy

They need to be out there campaigning. Chump is now putting them in a bind. They are getting calls from constituents to do something. They don’t want to approve of more aid and they would rather be campaigning than go back to DC.

They’ve created a monster they can’t control.

[GreenWave]

10. Orange Fuckhead will blame this on Harris.

Can they vote to remove speaker?

[Stinky The Clown]

11. And that is exactly why MAGA Mike was told by The Felon to do this.

The Felon sees it as political wedge.

[ColinC]

12. His last major act as Speaker is denying millions of people aid to win an election

What a legacy

[crosinski]

15. And he's such a godly man too!

(Sarcasm)

[keithbvadu2]

13. Repubs whine that Biden is not doing enough but are refusing to help.

[Quiet Em]

14. Purposefully hurting people for Trump.

Sick.

[global1]

16. I Wonder If A Hurricane Hit Louisiana - If He Act Differently?......

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He better hope that another hurricane in the Gulf doesn't come his States way before the election.

[Mz Pip]

17. This should be headlining

every newspaper in the country. This is blatant disregard for people who need help now. Trump is having a great time whining that the Biden Administration isn’t doing enough. Biden doesn’t control the purse. This little fascist does.

[orange jar]

18. Vile scumbag.

Truly evil.

[republianmushroom]

19. It has been a do nothing congress since mikey became speaker,

why does anybody expect more now. Many vacations, but little work for the American people.