Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

by Pterist 11 Replies latest social current

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  Pterist

  WASHINGTON -- As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes and businesses would turn to the federal government for emergency disaster aid. That could put the state's two Republican senators in an awkward position.

  Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, both Republicans, are fiscal hawks who have repeatedly voted against funding disaster aid for other parts of the country. They also have opposed increased funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers federal disaster relief.

  Late last year, Inhofe and Coburn both backed a plan to slash disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. In a December press release, Coburn complained that the Sandy Relief bill contained "wasteful spending," and identified a series of items he objected to, including "$12.9 billion for future disaster mitigation activities and studies."

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/oklahoma-senators-disaster-relief_n_3309234.html
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  designs

  Geeezuss for-bid the infrastructure should be put back together after the Almighty sees fit to destroy it all.

  Thankfully we have Pat Robertson clearing it all up for us today- Americans did not pray enough
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  Satanus

  Damn socialism. Let those victims pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Buncha wusses.

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  designs

  Seriously you buy a home in tornedo alley screw em.

  I think Oklahoma Senator Dr. Colburn is givng Neanderthals a bad name even though he has 6% Neanderthal DNA rather than the average 3%.
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  RubaDub

  I hope Obama offers help but the two Senators refuse it (even though technically as Senators they cannot do so).

  Let the people of Oklahoma rebuild themselves. They vote those compassionate politicians in. Now let them reap what they sow.

  Rub a Dub
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  designs

  We as a country have to be bigger minded and more compassionate than the few obstructionists. The President has sent the Aid organizations into Oklahoma regardless of their vote.
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  zeb

  My condolences to the families who have lost so much.
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  RubaDub

  The President has sent the Aid organizations into Oklahoma regardless of their vote.

  I wonder if Inhofe and Coburn are there turning aid away to score political points with the base.

  Rub a Dub
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  designs

  After voting against disaster aid for Hurricane Sandy Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says- 'as the ranking member that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all aid will be delivered without delay'. Washington Post
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  RubaDub

  After voting against disaster aid for Hurricane Sandy Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says- 'as the ranking member that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all aid will be delivered without delay'.

  Yes, a flaming hypocrite.

  Rub a Dub