{"id":1004157,"date":"2019-04-08T14:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1004157"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:04:10","slug":"democrats-fight-for-flood-relief-in-the-midwest-while-republicans-play-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-fight-for-flood-relief-in-the-midwest-while-republicans-play-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Fight For Flood Relief In The Midwest While Republicans Play Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">While Democrats in Congress are fighting for millions of dollars in disaster relief after catastrophic flooding destroyed property, crops, and livestock across the Midwest, Republicans are playing politics and holding this funding hostage to please Trump. Republicans must stop their political games and join Democrats in working to help Americans rebuild and recover.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senate Republicans are playing Trump\u2019s political games and holding up disaster relief for the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2019\/04\/07\/house-democrats-look-to-end-months-old-stalemate-over-disaster-funds-955792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2019\/04\/07\/house-democrats-look-to-end-months-old-stalemate-over-disaster-funds-955792&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555512474511000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHsr7at3Odj0oYvXPWkzpN7LBiwMQ\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe House\u2019s approach resembles a similar proposal from Senate Democrats last week, which would have included more money for Puerto Rico as well as $2.5 billion for the Midwest and for Alabama, which has been damaged by tornadoes. That effort was rejected by nearly every Republican, because they said President Donald Trump would refuse to sign it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, House Democrats are working to pass a disaster relief bill and help the Midwest recover.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2019\/04\/07\/house-democrats-look-to-end-months-old-stalemate-over-disaster-funds-955792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2019\/04\/07\/house-democrats-look-to-end-months-old-stalemate-over-disaster-funds-955792&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555512474512000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3OIHo7edjP9K1xd-t82UK4xPrfA\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cWith a disaster relief bill deadlocked in the Senate, House Democrats are prepared to move ahead with their own package that includes billions of dollars in aid for the rain-swollen Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Democrats in Congress are fighting for millions of dollars in disaster relief after catastrophic flooding destroyed property, crops, and livestock across the Midwest, Republicans are playing politics and holding this funding hostage to please Trump. Republicans must stop their political games and join Democrats in working to help Americans rebuild and recover. &nbsp; Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrats Fight For Flood Relief In The Midwest While Republicans Play Politics - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-fight-for-flood-relief-in-the-midwest-while-republicans-play-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-08T18:15:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:04:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-fight-for-flood-relief-in-the-midwest-while-republicans-play-politics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-fight-for-flood-relief-in-the-midwest-while-republicans-play-politics\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats Fight For Flood Relief In The Midwest While Republicans Play Politics - 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