House Democrats insist the talks must produce a final measure with help for Puerto Rico. The path forward is not clear, but a leading option is for the Senate to pass a much more narrowly drawn bill simply to get the issue into a House-Senate conference committee. 'We will get this done eventually,' Perdue said, promising relief to struggling farmers in his state. In another tweet, Cruz wrote: 'Mr President I am right here ready to call you on every lie, every hypocrisy and every ill fated action against the people of Puerto Rico' David Perdue, R-Ga., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., are among the strongest backers of the legislation, which has already faced significant delays. It sent GOP leaders back to the drawing board but seemed unlikely to kill disaster aid efforts outright, since there is much political support to send aid to Southern farmers, wildfire-ravaged California towns and Midwestern flood victims. The 44-49 vote fell short of a majority, much less the 60 votes required to overcome a Democratic filibuster. island territory, which was slammed by back-to-back hurricanes in 2017. The vote escalated a fight between Democrats and President Trump, who opposes further rebuilding aid for the U.S. The move tossed long-sought relief for victims of hurricanes, floods and western wildfires into limbo.
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a Republican disaster aid bill, saying it doesn't do enough to help Puerto Rico. 'My voice,and the voices of the people of Puerto Rico, will continue to unmask your insentive, incapable & vindictive ways.' In another tweet, Cruz wrote: 'Mr President I am right here ready to call you on every lie, every hypocrisy and every ill fated action against the people of Puerto Rico. Trump then mentioned the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!' 'So many wonderful people, but with such bad Island leadership and with so much money wasted. 'The best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico is President Donald J. Puerto Rico is part of the United States, a territory. The pols are grossly incompetent, spend the money foolishly or corruptly, & only take from USA,' he griped. 'Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before, & all their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money. Trump had already sent a trio of tweets late Monday criticizing Puerto Rico's government and the 'crazed and incompetent' mayor of San Juan for squandering aid money following Hurricane Maria in 2017. President Donald Trump called himself 'he bet thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico' on Tuesday, amping up a more than year-long feud with the island's Democratic Party leaders. Trump responded by attacking the island's Democrat leaders: 'll their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money'īy David Martosko, U.s.Senate Democrats killed a GOP-backed bill that would have given aid to farmers because it didn't include assistance to Puerto Rico.Trump claimed Puerto Rico 'received more disaster relief funds than Texas and Florida combined'.
Cruz responded by calling Trump 'unhinged' and 'vindictive' while saying he was lying about aid money given to Puerto Rico.Trump slammed 'crazed and incompetent' San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz.Blasted 'incompetent and corrupt' politicians on the island and claims they squandered disaster relief funds.President Trump lashed out at Puerto Rico's government on Twitter on Monday and Tuesday.Trump calls himself 'the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico' as he blasts island's 'grossly incompetent' Democratic leaders for complaining after administration sent them $91 BILLION for hurricane relief