The explanation they’ve crafted almost unanimously to avoid being tagged as hypocrites is that they favored Sandy relief, but the bill they were presented as senators and representatives was filled with unrelated pork. According to an incredibly detailed analysis performed in 2013 by the Congressional Research Service, virtually every cent of the Sandy relief bill was related to damage from that storm. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voices a rank untruth about a Sandy relief billNevertheless, both of the state’s senators and all but one of its 24 GOP members of Congress voted against the Sandy relief bill. The Sandy relief bill eventually passed in the House 241-180, with all but a single nay vote coming from Republicans. As I reported earlier this week, Republican opposition to the Sandy relief bill stemmed from two sources.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 30, 2017 21:26 UTC