while the democrat-led senate approved a $60.4 billion hurricane recovery package, house speaker john boehner initially blocked any house action on sandy aid legislation because of the price tag. because at the same time that the victims of sandy needed the government s help, congress was trying to avoid a shutdown no, no, wait a minute, a default. wait, back then it was a fiscal cliff. sorry, just too much to keep straight. and that s how you know and that s when you begin to know that the house republicans are honey badgers. they don t give a you know what. speaker boehner and his honey badger posse seemed to forget that the northeast is not comprised simply of liberals, they ve got republicans there. and when bayoehner chose not to proceed with relief for sandy, they brought the smackdown. unprecedented, disgusting, unworthy of the leadership of this house. they should reconsider or hang their heads in shame, mr.
expected to hold a vote on the $660.4 billion bill, but the house speaker pulled the bill from consideration. a remaining $51 billion in aid will get a vote on january 15th. their delay on the hurricane sandy disaster relief package rightfully has members of both parties furious. for more, let s turn to new york congressman jerrold nadler. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. good to be here. you know, we re not talking about the middle of the country. we re talking about where there is a lot of media, there is millions of people, and yet relief is not on the way. why is that? well, we don t really know why it is. and people have raised that question. you know, after hurricane katrina, $64 billion was voted within ten days. here it is 66 days later. not a nickel has been voted. a lot of the republicans seem very reluctant to vote any money, and certainly enough. $60 billion is the necessity has been very well documented by
opposition to relief for the victims of superstorm sandy? absolutely not. i haven t heard of any organized effort. i heard some of my colleagues on the republican side say they d like to give a lot less than the $60.4 billion. but we thought we had the votes that would pass the amendment to make it a $60.4 billion bill. thank you. appreciate your time. thank you. up next, hillary clinton s expected to make a full recovery after doctors discovered a blood clot near her brain. the same might not be true of her harshest critics who accused her of faking illness to avoid testifying about benghazi. that s ahead. this is hardball, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] house rule number 53. big time taste should fit in a little time cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop.
effort. i heard some of my colleagues on the republican side say they d like to give a lot less than the $60.4 billion. but we thought we had the votes that would pass the amendment to make it a $60.4 billion bill. thank you. appreciate your time. thank you. up next, hillary clinton s expected to make a full recovery after doctors discovered a blood clot near her brain. the same might not be true of her harshest critics who accused her of faking illness to avoid testifying about benghazi. that s ahead. this is hardball, the place for politics. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can t stop eating em! what s.that. on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon. we ve got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.
disaster relief package. the house, as we told you, was expected to hold a vote on the $660.4 billion bill, but the house speaker pulled the bill from consideration. a remaining $51 billion in aid will get a vote on january 15th. their delay on the hurricane sandy disaster relief package rightfully has members of both parties furious. for more, let s turn to new york congressman jerrold nadler. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. good to be here. you know, we re not talking about the middle of the country. we re talking about where there is a lot of media, there is millions of people, and yet relief is not on the way. why is that? well, we don t really know why it is. and people have raised that question. you know, after hurricane katrina, $64 billion was voted within ten days. here it is 66 days later. not a nickel has been voted. a lot of the republicans seem very reluctant to vote any money, and certainly enough. $60 billion is the necessity has