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Brown: Officials shouldn't play politics with Sandy aid

January 3, 2013 12:15 AM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in Washington. (Jan

Photo credit: AP | House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in Washington. (Jan 1, 2013)

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Every elected official in the land ought to have lambasted House Speaker John Boehner for initially refusing to allow a superstorm Sandy relief bill to reach the floor for a vote.

This wasn't about Long Island or New York or even the northeastern United States. It was about the American government helping Americans recover from a national disaster.

Shame on Boehner. And shame on every...

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