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Under Pressure, Boehner Agrees to Hold Two Votes On Sandy Relief Funding
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has agreed to hold two votes on Hurricane Sandy aid after coming under withering fire from New York and New Jersey Republicans. The House will vote to provide $9 billion to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program on Friday and will vote on another $51 billion Sandy spending package on Jan. 15, according to GOP leaders. "Getting critical aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy should be the first priority in the new Congress, and that was reaffirmed today with...
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