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How do you think the republicans in congress will vote on aid to Oklahome tornado victims?
They voted as a solid block against hurricane aid to the northeast blue states. Do you think they will do the same to a solid red state like Oklahoma? I'm all for sending all the aid we can give to Oklahoma even though the damage is a tiny fraction of what the northeast suffered.
I believe the debate will only be a rubber stamp approval. The republicans will vote as a solid block in favor and the Democrats, as usual, will vote their consciences and approve it too.
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- † PRAY †Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Most of the federal aid to disaster is a disaster on it's own. Maybe the states should start to do their own thing and leave the Feds out of it. Or maybe the individual states could help the tornado victims.
But the Feds just make it more difficult and then come back 5 years later and want you to pay their money back.
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- 8 years ago
I'm NOT so in to politics that I wouldn't know Congress has to vote to give help to Americans in distress!
But I do find it ironic, though, that only a few weeks after Oklahoma legislature voted to make it harder for Oklahomans to obtain food stamps and a few days after the whole of Congress voted in favor of cutting billions nationwide from food stamps program, this catastrophe takes place.
If Oklahoma and the other states hit by tornadoes are anything like Florida was exactly 21 years ago when Hurricane Andrew hit, all food stamp recipients WILL see their benefits double for at least the first month, and many who NEVER even dreamed of applying WILL get benefits as well!
