As Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm, neared the Florida Panhandle, several Republican senators and representatives chose to vote against providing additional aid for disaster relief. This occurred during the passage of a government funding extension, which had been approved by both houses of Congress.
Several lawmakers who voted against providing additional funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) come from states severely affected by Hurricane Helene.
Below is the complete list of lawmakers who voted against the stopgap measure.
North Carolina:
Representative Dan Bishop, from the 8th District of North Carolina, and Senator Ted Budd represent the state at the national level.
South Carolina:
Here are the representatives and senator from South Carolina:
– Representative Jeff Duncan, SC 3rd District
– Representative Russell Fry, SC 7th District
– Representative Nancy Mace, SC 1st District
– Representative Ralph Norman, SC 5th District
– Representative William R. Timmons IV, SC 4th District
– Senator Tim Scott
Georgia:
– Representative Richard McCormick, GA 6th District
– Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, GA 14th District
– Representative Mike Collins, GA 10th District
– Representative Andrew S. Clyde, GA 9th District
Source: Latin Times