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While Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter southern Texas with catast stanley cup rophic flooding, the disaster-relief votes of Texas Republican lawmakers are being criticized by one of their northeastern peers.In 2013, Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted against abillthat authorized around $60 billion for programs dealing with areas and entities affected by Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused billions of dollars worth of damage and ripped apart more than 600,000 homes in the Northeast, mostly along the coastlines of New York and New Jersey.At the time, Cornyn and Cruz said the bill was filled with too much spending unrelated to the communities directly affected by the storm. Both senators were quick to write to President Trump last Friday to request a major disaster declaration for Harvey.The Sandy emergency relief bill failed to garner support among Texas Republicans in the House, too. Aside from Rep. John Culbe vaso stanley rson of Houston, all Republican Texas members of Congress voted against the bill. It ultimately made its way past the House and the Senate, and was signed by President Obama.Republican Rep. Peter King of New York did not forget about Republicans who voted against the Sandy aid. On Saturday, he referenced Cruz s voting record on Sandy relief funding, but he pledged not to hold Cruz s vote against him when memb stanley mugs ers return to Capitol Hill after Labor Day and likely address emergency funding for Harvey. Ted Cruz Texas cohorts voted vs NY/NJ aid after Sandy but I ll vote 4 Gndt Bush Signs Air Safety Bill
President Barack Obama delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Watching are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque Updated at 9 p.m. ETUrging Congress to stop the political circus, President Obama on Thursday night called for immediate action on a $447 billion package of spending initiatives and tax cuts designed to jump-start the stalling economy. The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities. The question tonight is wheth stanley cup price er we ll meet ours, Mr. Obama said in a fiery speech before a rare joint session of Congress. The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy. In the face of the worst recovery from a recession in the nation s history, a stubborn unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent and zero job growth in the month of August, the pressure is on the president to take action. The challenges remain daunting, however, as Republicans in Congress are taking a combative stance against the president s policies, with 14 months to go before the 2012 elections. Dubbed the American Jobs Act, the plan Mr. Obama is send stanley quencher ing to Congre stanley mug ss is larger than many expected. More than half of the plan is tax cuts for workin
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo s top aide told Democratic lawmakers that his administration took months to release data on the coronavirus death toll among nursing home residents because officials froze over worries the information was going to be used against us stanley cup . The information came to the Associated Press from a Democratic lawmaker who attended the Wednesday meeting and a partial transcript released by the governor s office.Republicans who call the comment an admission of a cover-up are now calling for resignations of both Cuomo and the aide, secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa, while progressive Democrats are blasting the administration over what they say is a lack of transparency.The disclosure of DeRosa s comments, made on a conference call with Democratic legislative leaders, came as the Democratic governor and stanley vaso his administration were already facing backlash over their handling and reporting of outbreaks in nursing homes. In recent weeks, the state has been forced to acknowledge the nursing home resident death toll is nearly 15,000, when it previously reported 8,500 mdash; a number that excluded residents who die stanley kubek d after being taken to hospitals. New York Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa David Dee Delgado/Getty Images State lawmakers had requested data in August on nursing home deaths. Around the same time, Ptdu Washington Wrap
Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. met privately for 15 minutes Thursday morning at the Omni Richmond hotel with the staff of one of his top two or three prospects for running mate, Gov. Tim Kaine.Margaret Talev of McClatchy Newspapers, the pool reporter from the Obama press corps, reports that she asked the governor whether Obama has asked him to be his running mate.Awkward! Kaine replied: I m going to let the campaign speak for the campaign. Talev reports that he also declined to comment when she asked if he would rule it out.Talev asked him what he and Obama talked about for an hour. Kaine answered: He visited with my staff just to basically say hi to them and thank them for all their hard work. Obama also took a photo with Kaine s staff. A thank-you, or a getting-to-know you Obama isnrsquo;t expected to make his announcement today. But Friday or early vaso stanley Saturday, the eagerly awaited text messages and e-mails will go to supporters ahead of the ticketrsquo dramatic appearance at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Saturda stanley canada y.Republican sources say Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. has not decided. That ll be among the topics he discusses with advisers at his cabin in Sedona, Ariz., while he s off the trail for the next few days. But he s not sc stanley cup heduled to make his announcement until a week from Friday, the day after Obama accepts the nomination before a Denver crowd of as much as 70,000.ALSO DRIVING THE VEEP CONVERSATION:
While Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter southern Texas with catast stanley cup rophic flooding, the disaster-relief votes of Texas Republican lawmakers are being criticized by one of their northeastern peers.In 2013, Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted against abillthat authorized around $60 billion for programs dealing with areas and entities affected by Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused billions of dollars worth of damage and ripped apart more than 600,000 homes in the Northeast, mostly along the coastlines of New York and New Jersey.At the time, Cornyn and Cruz said the bill was filled with too much spending unrelated to the communities directly affected by the storm. Both senators were quick to write to President Trump last Friday to request a major disaster declaration for Harvey.The Sandy emergency relief bill failed to garner support among Texas Republicans in the House, too. Aside from Rep. John Culbe vaso stanley rson of Houston, all Republican Texas members of Congress voted against the bill. It ultimately made its way past the House and the Senate, and was signed by President Obama.Republican Rep. Peter King of New York did not forget about Republicans who voted against the Sandy aid. On Saturday, he referenced Cruz s voting record on Sandy relief funding, but he pledged not to hold Cruz s vote against him when memb stanley mugs ers return to Capitol Hill after Labor Day and likely address emergency funding for Harvey. Ted Cruz Texas cohorts voted vs NY/NJ aid after Sandy but I ll vote 4 Gndt Bush Signs Air Safety Bill
President Barack Obama delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Watching are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque Updated at 9 p.m. ETUrging Congress to stop the political circus, President Obama on Thursday night called for immediate action on a $447 billion package of spending initiatives and tax cuts designed to jump-start the stalling economy. The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities. The question tonight is wheth stanley cup price er we ll meet ours, Mr. Obama said in a fiery speech before a rare joint session of Congress. The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy. In the face of the worst recovery from a recession in the nation s history, a stubborn unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent and zero job growth in the month of August, the pressure is on the president to take action. The challenges remain daunting, however, as Republicans in Congress are taking a combative stance against the president s policies, with 14 months to go before the 2012 elections. Dubbed the American Jobs Act, the plan Mr. Obama is send stanley quencher ing to Congre stanley mug ss is larger than many expected. More than half of the plan is tax cuts for workin
Mgfp Democrats accuse Rick Scott of siding with Trump to block disaster aid for Puerto Rico
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo s top aide told Democratic lawmakers that his administration took months to release data on the coronavirus death toll among nursing home residents because officials froze over worries the information was going to be used against us stanley cup . The information came to the Associated Press from a Democratic lawmaker who attended the Wednesday meeting and a partial transcript released by the governor s office.Republicans who call the comment an admission of a cover-up are now calling for resignations of both Cuomo and the aide, secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa, while progressive Democrats are blasting the administration over what they say is a lack of transparency.The disclosure of DeRosa s comments, made on a conference call with Democratic legislative leaders, came as the Democratic governor and stanley vaso his administration were already facing backlash over their handling and reporting of outbreaks in nursing homes. In recent weeks, the state has been forced to acknowledge the nursing home resident death toll is nearly 15,000, when it previously reported 8,500 mdash; a number that excluded residents who die stanley kubek d after being taken to hospitals. New York Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa David Dee Delgado/Getty Images State lawmakers had requested data in August on nursing home deaths. Around the same time, Ptdu Washington Wrap
Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. met privately for 15 minutes Thursday morning at the Omni Richmond hotel with the staff of one of his top two or three prospects for running mate, Gov. Tim Kaine.Margaret Talev of McClatchy Newspapers, the pool reporter from the Obama press corps, reports that she asked the governor whether Obama has asked him to be his running mate.Awkward! Kaine replied: I m going to let the campaign speak for the campaign. Talev reports that he also declined to comment when she asked if he would rule it out.Talev asked him what he and Obama talked about for an hour. Kaine answered: He visited with my staff just to basically say hi to them and thank them for all their hard work. Obama also took a photo with Kaine s staff. A thank-you, or a getting-to-know you Obama isnrsquo;t expected to make his announcement today. But Friday or early vaso stanley Saturday, the eagerly awaited text messages and e-mails will go to supporters ahead of the ticketrsquo dramatic appearance at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Saturda stanley canada y.Republican sources say Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. has not decided. That ll be among the topics he discusses with advisers at his cabin in Sedona, Ariz., while he s off the trail for the next few days. But he s not sc stanley cup heduled to make his announcement until a week from Friday, the day after Obama accepts the nomination before a Denver crowd of as much as 70,000.ALSO DRIVING THE VEEP CONVERSATION: