Sentences with phrase «hurricane relief package»

The Senate is moving forward with a $ 36.5 billion hurricane relief package that Puerto Rico will greatly benefit from, and St. John residents are expecting the restoration of power soon.

To help with this effort to protect and preserve the lives of those affected, LifeLearn, Inc. has put together a free hurricane relief package for those in the veterinary and animal health community to share with pet owners.

The «Boehner Betrayal,» as Senator Chuck Schumer called House Speaker John Boehner's broken promise to bring a $ 60 billion hurricane relief package to the floor, will likely have real and devastating consequences in Downtown Manhattan and other areas that were hit even harder by Sandy.

Lawmakers approved a $ 15 billion hurricane relief packaged after Harvey hit Texas, but billions more will likely now be needed to respond to Maria.

Not exact matches

Even Democrats» least controversial demand, for disaster funding, faced pushback in 2017, with many Republicans in the House voting against various packages for hurricane and wildfire relief.

Cuomo continued to call on Congress to fund a $ 94.4 billion disaster relief package for Puerto Rico at a rally in the Bronx on Saturday, more than four months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island territory.

The island, he added, will likely need billions more than the $ 15 billion federal relief package Congress approved after Hurricane Harvey.

«Our genuine thanks and gratitude goes out to the U.S. Senate for its thoughtful consideration and passage of the Hurricane Sandy disaster relief package.

Gov. Cuomo is pressuring Republicans in the House of Representatives to finally take up the $ 60.4 billion aid package for Hurricane Sandy relief.

The meeting came one day after Mr. Trump had sided with Mr. Schumer in agreeing to a package to provide money for Hurricane Harvey relief, fund the government through mid-December and raise the nation's debt ceiling — bypassing his own Republican allies in Congress.

12 noon — 7 PM — Assemblyman Michael Blake sponsors a Day of Service for volunteers creating relief packages for Hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, the South and the Caribbean.

Sen. Denise Grimsley, a Sebring Republican, wants the state to expand on a temporary relief package for farmers that the Legislature rolled out after Hurricane Irma.

The members of the Rockland County Legislature's Budget and Finance Committee passed a resolution on Tuesday to urge the United States Senate and the House of Representatives to support a tax relief package proposed by U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (NY) and Robert Menendez (NJ) to aid individuals and businesses that suffered financial loss due to Hurricane Sandy.

After spending the August recess traveling the country to promote his long - sought goal of rewriting the tax code, Mr. Ryan returned to the Capitol last week and promptly rejected a plan by Democratic congressional leaders to tie a three - month increase in the nation's statutory borrowing limit to a package of hurricane relief.