Johnson Won’t Call Special Session On Storm Relief

Newsweek reports:

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on Sunday that he does not intend to call Congress out of recess to vote on emergency funding for federal agencies assisting in Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.

Johnson told Fox News Sunday‘s Shannon Bream that lawmakers will be “back in session immediately after the election” to provide any funding needs for states hit hardest by the Category 4 storm that made its way through the southeastern United States late last month.

“That’s 30 days from now,” the Republican leader said. “The thing about these hurricanes and disasters at this magnitude is it takes a while to calculate the actual damages, and the states are going to need some time to do that.”

Read the full article. Earlier this week, North Carolina Republicans, including Sen. Thom Tillis, called for a special session. Meanwhile, Johnson is bitching about the questions he got today on ABC.

REALLY?! THESE are the questions the media asked?!

The American people are struggling and NOT ONE QUESTION about: recovering from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies driving up the skyrocketing cost of gas and groceries, illegals pouring across our borders, wars… pic.twitter.com/yhPdl6uC4i

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 6, 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson will NOT be calling the House back early to vote on a disaster aid supplemental in the wake of the Hurricane.

He tells me the cost of damages has to be “tabulated” before a supplemental is considered and he argued they are a ways away from that. Congress… https://t.co/dJljNftfi9

— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) October 6, 2024

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Speaker Mike Johnson just fact checked Donald Trump’s lies about FEMA. When Mike a Johnson is fact checking Trump, you know it’s bad. Retweet so all Americans see this. pic.twitter.com/HzuYuLcwEi

— Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) October 6, 2024