WASHINGTON – A recent House of Representatives procedural vote, which would have temporarily changed leadership from Republican Speaker John Boehner to Democrat Nancy Pelosi, thus allowing her to control agenda, was why U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd) cast a vote that seemingly was against a flood insurance premiums bill he is co-sponsoring with Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.).
Had he cast a vote in favor of that rule, once in command of the gavel, Pelosi “could have set the agenda,” according to Jason P. Galanes, LoBiondo’s deputy chief of staff. He noted the vote was “about switching power of the House,” something Republicans would not do.
The vote was questioned in a release by Democratic candidate for Congress William Hughes Jr.
Hughes “is demanding Congressman Frank LoBiondo stop voting against delaying most flood insurance premiums from increasing over the next four years on the same day he issued contradictory press statements indicating his support for the measure.”
Hughes stated it was an “irresponsible vote against the needs of some of our most vulnerable homeowners.”
“This week, Congressman LoBiondo said that he supported Sen. Menendez’s bill calling for a four-year delay in the increase of flood insurance premiums. On the very same day that he issued his press statements in support of the Senate bill to help South Jersey, he voted with all other House Republicans to block the legislation from coming to the House floor for a vote,” Hughes said.
Galanes said a night meeting Feb. 11 was to take place with House leadership regarding the flood insurance bill. When LoBiondo addressed the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Feb. 7 he said he expected to have news to report this week about voting on that bill.
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