$51 Billion Sandy Aid Approved in Senate, Heads to President's Desk
U.S. Senate approved the measure 62-36.
A $51.7 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package was approved by the U.S. Senate Monday evening, two weeks after narrowly gaining approval in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was approved easily by a 62-36 margin and will proceed to President Barack Obama's desk to be adopted into law. The disaster funding joins a separate bill of more than $9 billion approved by Congress to fund the National Flood Insurance Program, a necessary step in paying insurance claims of the east coast's flood victims. In all, $60.4 billion in Sandy-related aid is expected to be signed into law by the President. Rep. Chris Smith, R-4, lauded the Senate's passage of the aid bill in a statement released Monday night. "This …
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Dame Bridgid
8:36 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
I think the entire lot of them should be voted out. The Republicans for whining ineffectively without forming an alternative bill. The Democrats for voting in the pork. They both should have been able to compromise by going line by line to offer justification for these questionable expenses. I can see the benefit from satellites for advance weather warnings now that they have gutted NASA.... but … more ›