They cut the bill from $60.4mil to $24mil.
The article contains no reaction from the RATS.
The pubbies cut out all the lard. Excellent!
How about zero?
The states turned away help because they were not union! Screw them!
Some of the state-run-media are already demonizing the Republicans for “slashing” aid.
Don’t get too excited. A skeptical person might conclude that the GOP’s sudden interest in fiscal retraint has less to do with recapturing traditional conservative values than it does with the fact that Sandy was a blue-state storm.
The original Bill had provisions for funding of emergency sand replenishment of the beaches. IMHO, that can wait.
More important is restoring power and heat to the thousands, including my brother, who are still waiting almost two months later. And something should be done about the mold that’s quickly spreading and causing sickness.