Sentences with phrase «federal disaster spending»

Now that Puerto Rico is moving into recovery and rebuilding after the Hurricane Maria disaster, billions of dollars in federal disaster spending are flowing to the island.

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Lower tax receipts will combine with disaster recovery spending and the ongoing war in Iraq to accelerate deterioration in the federal deficit.

With regards to health care and other spending, they could work toward a deal with a mini-bargain to address paying for sequester and disaster relief, reducing mandatory spending, and improving the trajectories of federal health spending.

The federal government spent about $ 277 billion on relief aid from 2005 to 2014, responding to natural disasters like Harvey, according to a 2016 report from the federal Government Accountability Office.

But the Christie robocall does help Hayworth shore up a potential trouble spot for her when it comes to the Democratic push that she would support turning back federal spending for disaster relief that isn't off set by cuts, a position of top Republican lawmaker Eric Cantor.

Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.

At the same time, the NY - 19 Republican voiced support for the call by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor that any additional disaster funding be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budgt.

Add Rep. Tom Reed to the list of New York Republicans who support House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call for offsetting additional disaster aid in the wake of Irene with spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

In Cuomo's six years in office, spending has increased an average of 1.4 percent each year, when adjusted to exclude federal emergency aid for disasters like Hurricane Sandy recovery.

His position provoked angry responses from Democrats and some Republicans outside of Congress, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who argued that it would be inexcusable to delay federal disaster aid until spending cuts could be identified.

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Finally, Nicholas Pinter, a Southern Illinois University scientist studying flooding disasters, says Obama should consider broader shifts in the budget and bureaucracy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which still is mainly focused on responding once a disaster has struck — with only 15 percent of its spending in such instances devoted to steps that can cut known vulnerability the next time around.

A Government Accountability Office report released Monday said the federal government has spent more than $ 350 billion over the last decade on disaster assistance programs and losses from flood and crop insurance.

Each year, the federal government spends billions of dollars on disaster relief to flood victims — all at taxpayer expense.