WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A disaster aid bill that includes potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for North Carolina is once again stalled on Capitol Hill, after another Republican came forward Thursday to object to its passage.

• The $19 billion aid package includes funding that could help North Carolina farmers, military bases, and communities with long-term recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence.
• With most lawmakers out of town for Memorial Day, House Democrats have tried to give final passage to the aid package through a procedural vote.
• Over the past week, all three times they attempted the procedural vote, a Republican came forward to vote ‘no.’ 

The aid package - worth $19 billion overall - includes funding that could help North Carolina farmers, military bases, and communities with long-term recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence.

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With most lawmakers out of town for Memorial Day, House Democrats have tried to give final passage to the aid package through a procedural vote. As long as no one objects, the bill would advance.

However, over the past week, all three times they attempted the procedural vote, a Republican came forward to vote ‘no.’ The third objection came Thursday, when Rep. John Rose went to the microphone.

“Trying to pass nearly $20 billion in new spending, while the majority of Congress is not even in Washington, reflects another act of irresponsible big government,” said the Tennessee Republican.

In the past week, the Republicans who have objected have expressed concern that the legislation adds to the national debt. They also said they do not like that it lacks the funding - requested by the White House - for the southern border.

Many lawmakers, including some Republicans, have criticized these members of the GOP for voting ‘no.’ Some have passed it off as a political stunt.

The disaster aid package has been stuck on Capitol Hill for months, with much of the disagreement centered on how much funding to give Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Usually disaster aid bills are not this much of a fight.

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The Senate finally reached a deal late last week, but the House did not stick around in the nation’s capital to give final passage, instead opting for the procedural vote.

Should they have stayed in D.C.? In an interview on Spectrum's Capital Tonight, Rep. GK Butterfield, D-1st District, said Democrats and Republicans though they had an "agreement."

“We had no reason to believe ... the gentleman from Kentucky would even step forward and stop these victims from natural disasters from getting relief and being made whole again,” Butterfield said.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, objected to an attempt at passing the legislation earlier in the week.

House lawmakers are set to return to Washington next week, offering them another opportunity to pass the legislation - this time with a standard roll call vote. Butterfield expressed confidence that the House will have the votes needed to give final approval to the aid package and send it to the White House.

In addition to victims of Hurricane Florence, the plan includes aid for those impacted by flooding in the midwest, by fires on the west coast, and by other natural disasters.

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