Saturday, September 03, 2005
Dennis Hastert Is A Rat Bastard
Speaker Hastert has some explaining to do.
Tom DeLay is corrupt. Dennis Hastert is heartless.
When asked about rebuilding New Orleans, the Republican Speaker of the House said "It doesn't make sense to me." After that, Louisiana's Governor got pissed.
As if that wasn't bad enough:
According to my sources on Capital Hill, Nancy Pelosi called on Speaker Hastert Wednesday to bring Congress back this week in order to secure resources needed for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Initially, FEMA told Congress that they had the money on hand to last several weeks and that no special session was needed. The Republican leadership in Congress concurred.
Thursday, FEMA re-evaluated and announced that an immediate infusion of resources was indeed needed. A Special Session was then called, with the Senate passing a $10.5 billion package Thursday night. The House passed it Friday.
As the Chaicago Tribune reports, Hastert did not show up for floor debate during the special session. He went to a fundraiser and a car show instead. Had it not been for criticism from Louisiana's congressional delegation, he wouldn't have returned to Washington at all.
I'd hate to think what he'd do if something happened in Chicago. Meanwhile, that city's mayor is "shocked" that the federal government won't accept his offers of disaster assistance.
