Toomey, a conservative from Pennsylvania, argued that the $3.4 billion worth of mitigation projects were not disaster aid but simply infrastructure improvement projects.
"That kind of infrastructure spending is the kind of spending that we do routinely, but we plan for it and we budget it," he said. "If it is indeed the priority that many people, including myself, believe that it is, then it ought to be weighed in competition with the other pressing needs."
A senate Republican said the projects targeted in the point of order were not those tied to immediate repairs or reconstruction work, but those that were considered "stand-alone" mitigation projects.
(Reporting By David Lawder; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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