Rothfus Votes Against Hurricane Sandy Relief
The Sewickley Republican was one of 67 House Republicans to vote against the $9.7 billion in hurricane relief aid while Tim Murphy joined the 354 in support.
In his first legislative act as a new congressman, U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus voted against the Hurricane Sandy relief package. Rothfus, R-Sewickley, was one of 67 House Republicans to vote Friday against the bill authorizing $9.7 billion in relief. U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair, whose district includes Edgeworth, Leet Township and Leetsdale, supported the legislation (H.R. 41), which passed the House by a 354-67 margin. Rothfus told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review the reason behind his vote, calling it “irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without making reforms.” “My problem with the bill is that we are funding offsets for the National Flood Insurance Program,” Rothfus told the Trib. Friday's vote extends the …
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Ellie Covert
12:22 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I was so disheartened to see the names of 2 PA reps on the list of 67. How they could vote against relief for the victims of Sandy is beyond me. Politics has really reached a scary place in our country. To add natural disaster relief into this fight about our economic crisis is beyond irresponsible. We are not even going to take care of our own citizens in crisis anymore? more ›