Speaker of the House Paul Ryan,R-Wis., speaks during a press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, or D.
C. The House has voted overwhelmingly to send a $15.3 billion catastrophe aid package to President Donald Trump. Photo by REUTERS/Joshua Roberts.
The House has voted overwhelmingly to send a $15.3 billion catastrophe aid package to President Donald Trump. Lawmakers overcame objections from conservatives who didn’t want the emergency aid linked to a temporary increase in America’s borrowing authority.
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The vote was 316-90. The degree would refill depleted emergency accounts,as Florida braces for the impact of Hurricane Irma and Texas picks up the pieces after the devastation of Harvey.It’s only the first installment of a federal aid package that could rival or exceed the $100 billion-plus if after Hurricane Katrina. Future installments are likely to be more difficult to pass.
The vote postpones budget decisions into December and forces another politically difficult debt limit vote next year.
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