Third Congressman Stalls GOP Disaster Relief — Demands The House Votes
30th May 2019
Tennessee Republican Rep. John Rose temporarily blocked a disaster relief bill in the House by objecting to an unanimous consent vote Thursday, delaying $19.1 billion dollars of aid.
“I am standing in a House chamber that is virtually empty. Nearly all of my 431 colleagues are absent as the Speaker of the House seeks to pass a $19 billion spending bill,” Rose said on the House floor. “Our nation is $22 trillion in debt, trying to pass nearly $20 billion in new spending while the majority of Congress is not even in Washington reflects another act of irresponsible big government.”
This is the third time the Democrat leadership in the House has attempted to pass this spending bill via ‘unanimous consent’, and it would have worked had there not been vigilant Republicans present to stand in the way of this chicanery. If the bill has majority support, have a vote. That they can’t face a vote suggests that the bill doesn’t have majority support, and they’re trying to pull a fast one.