Except the Sandy bill wasn't just about providing relief to directly impacted areas such as New Jersey and Staten Island.
Democrats had expanded the legislation during a markup to include not only areas affected by Sandy, but also to provide money for all "storm events that occurred in 2012 along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast within the boundaries of the North Atlantic and Mississippi Valley divisions of the Corps that were affected by Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac."
Speaker John Boehner Delays Pork-Laden Superstorm Sandy Relief Bill - Investors.com
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