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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,201 posts) Thu Apr 11, 2019, 08:56 PM Apr 2019

Congress punts on disaster aid amid standoff with Trump, Dems

Lawmakers are punting on billions in disaster aid for parts of the Midwest, Southeast and Puerto Rico as they leave Washington for two weeks without an agreement.

A gang of GOP senators, including Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), went to the White House on Thursday as part of an effort to make headway in the stalled talks.

But the meeting with President Trump, which senators described as “nice,” failed to break the logjam that has stalemated disaster aid negotiations ever since the president criticized Puerto Rico during a closed-door lunch with Republicans last month.

Instead, the disaster aid fight will drag on into next month. The House adjourned on Wednesday, and senators are leaving town on Thursday.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/438555-congress-punts-on-disaster-aid-amid-standoff-with-trump-dems

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Thu Apr 11, 2019, 09:36 PM

Apr 2019

Have been following a couple of Newies back in the Nebraska and Western Iowa via U Tube. Honesty,it is one hell of a Disaster . With the loss of Grain and Livestock,it is way beyond a couple Billion. And with the last Snow Storm,it is only going to get worse.

Again,many are asking,where are the Democratic Presidential Candidates . Yah,they go to the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids areas,hey they did not get whipped out.

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