Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday declared McLennan County - home to West, the small community rocked by the deadly fertilizer plant explosion - a disaster area and announced that he's asking President Barack Obama for a federal emergency declaration as well.
The declarations will help free up funding to help those in the community impacted by the explosion with the massive recovery and rebuilding effort they face.
Huh. As Kos points out, West's congressman, Republican Bill Flores, voted against Sandy aid.
"It was too large," Flores said about the latest bill Wednesday. “It does more than meet the immediate needs of Sandy victims."
Flores, whose district includes Waco, said he could have supported an earlier version of the bill with $17 billion in aid if it had been offset by federal spending reductions.
Flores isn't asking for spending reductions now, is he. Neither are both Texas Senators who voted against Sandy aid, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
Now that Texas needs aid, all these Republicans are demanding it as soon as possible for the victims.
Hmm.
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If I were a Senator from New Jersey, I'd use every parliamentary trick in the book to slow down or stop any relief bills for Texas until the legislators from Texas apologized publicly and sincerely - and then I'd amend the relief bill to add an assault weapons ban. The Republicans will keep acting like spoiled children until someone shows them that actions have consequences.
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