House repugicans kill Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill

The repugicans to Sandy victims: Drop Dead.

The repugican House just killed legislation to provide relief for Hurricane Sandy victims.The House was supposed to take up a huge relief bill proving relief for Hurricane Sandy victims before closing down until the next Congress, but repugican House Speaker John Boehner killed it, and now they’re leaving town:

Sam Stein at the Huffington Post

From Politico

repugicans are continuing their long tradition of leaving town instead of helping Americans in need:

the shrub and John McCain ate cake in California just as Hurricane Katrina was hitting New Orleans, devastating that city and much of the south. President Obama, on the other hand, went to New Jersey to comfort Hurricane Sandy victims.

The most likely reason – Boehner is afraid of a revolt from lunatic wingnuts if asked to spend even more money, even if it is to help victims of one of the greatest disasters in American history.  Conservatives don’t care.  Remember that repugican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for closing down FEMA in the middle of the Hurricane Sandy.
Washington Post wingnut blogger Jennifer Rubin, a Romney surrogate (wither official or not, she was clearly attached as their hip throughout the campaign) today called on Speaker Boehner to take out his vengeance on Sandy victims, and that’s exactly what Boehner did. Here’s Rubin:

 I fail to see how legislators prepared to pass a gargantuan Sandy relief bill can claim to be upset over the lack of fiscal discipline…..
There are a number of ways the House repugicans can save face. They can pass two measures (their own fiscal cliff measure and the Senate bill). They can reduce the spending in the Sandy relief bill.

The Senate passed $60.4 billion in aid. The House repugicans counter-offered $27 billion, but never brought the bill up for a vote. So now it’s dead. Here’s some of what the legislation would have done:

The bill also provides $17 billion in Community Development Block Grants to help rebuild homes, schools, hospitals and other buildings destroyed by the late October storm, help small businesses and improve the power infrastructure.

People are pretty incredulous that Boehner just did this.