Sentences with phrase «disaster aid bill»

While we are pleased with this progress, today was just a down payment and it is now time to go even further and pass the final and more complete, clean disaster aid bill.

Just as Gov. Andrew Cuomo was wrapping up his Q - and - A with reporters by railing against New York Republicans, calling out state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos for failing to join Rep. Pete King in decrying the House leadership's failure to bring the Sandy disaster aid bill to the floor, the following statement from Skelos arrived in my in - box:

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The White House is asking Congress for $ 7.8 billion in immediate aid, plus another $ 6.7 billion within weeks ahead of the House of Freedom caucus, Mark Meadows, says he does not want to see that disaster aid tied to a bill to raise the debt limit.

It aids people to be prepared for disasters, saves hundreds on bottled water and utility bills.

That's thanks largely to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was the first to suggest additional disaster aid — remember that FEMA only has about $ 800 million on hand, which is less than even New York's estimated storm bill of $ 1 billion — be offset by other budget cuts.

«Every time there has been a storm or disaster even close to the size and scope of Sandy, regardless of the region of the country, the House has approved billions of dollars in supplemental aid — $ 290 billion in total since 1989 as part of 35 separate supplemental appropriations bills.

45 counties in Illinois and some areas of Indiana were declared federal disaster areas by Bill Clinton and eligible to receive federal aid.

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says he is confident that Monroe County will eventually be included in the federal disaster declaration designed to provide aid to flood - worn communities along the Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence river shores.