Mother Jones - In 22 states, every last Republican representative voted against H.R. 152 or abstained on the bill, which includes $17 billion for immediate repair
and an amendment introduced by a Republican, New Jersey Rep. Rodney
Frelinghuysen, that tacks on another $33.7 billion for long-term
recovery and prevention. These included Maryland and the Carolinas (remember Hugo and Floyd?), states that are vulnerable to seasonal hurricanes but were largely spared by Sandy.
There
were only five states whose Republican members all voted in favor of
aid. These were New Jersey and New York, which took the brunt of the
storm; West Virginia, which also suffered damage;
and the unaffected states North Dakota and Alaska, which have just one
representative apiece. In Virginia and Pennsylvania, which were hit by
the storm but not devastated, Republicans voted both ways. By contrast,
almost every Democrat who voted on the bill—even in states far from
harm, including California, Colorado, Missouri, and Nevada—voted for it.
The lone Dem dissenter: Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee.
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