And that may put more than 20 members of the Texas congressional delegation in a bind when relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey comes up for a vote. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, all voted against a $50.5-billion relief package for victims of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy when it came before them in January 2013. Of the 24 GOP members of the Texas House delegation in 2013, all but one voted against the Sandy relief package in 2013. Others demanded that every dollar spent on Sandy relief be balanced by a dollar cut somewhere else in the federal budget. The biggest factor influencing the Sandy vote, however, may have been the disappearance of bipartisan comity from the halls of Congress.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 28, 2017 16:49 UTC