WASHINGTON — The House passed a $15 billion disaster relief package
Friday morning with a broad bipartisan majority, sending the measure to
President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law later in the
day.
With the cleanup efforts from Hurricane Harvey
running out of money and Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida,
Congress acted quickly, taking only three days to move the measure
through both legislative bodies. But the bill, which includes a deal
struck between the president and Democratic leaders to include
short-term extensions of overall government funding and the nation's
debt ceiling, saw sizable defections among Republicans in both chambers.
One day after the Senate passed it with 17 GOP
defections, 90 Republicans voted against it in the House, including
four from storm-ravaged Texas.
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