Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton
President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, telling lawmakers that the money is “urgently needed.” The letter Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson comes as lawmakers meet during a lame-duck session to finish key priorities before making way for a new Congress and the incoming Trump administration.
Biden asks for nearly $100 billion for hurricane and disaster response
Biden is seeking $40 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund, the nation’s primary short-term recovery vehicle; $24 billion to assist farmers who lost crops and livestock in recent hurricanes and top-off antipoverty ...
Biden Asks Congress For $100 Billion In Disaster Relief Funds—After Devastation From Hurricanes
The request comes after the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent rapidly from its disaster relief fund during hurricane season.
Biden asks Congress for $100B in disaster relief funding
President Biden has sent Congress an emergency funding request for roughly $100 billion to help with recovery after natural disasters, including the recent Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the
Biden asks Congress for $100 billion to aid recovery from hurricanes, other disasters
Joe Biden wants nearly $100 billion in emergency funding to help respond to a series of disasters that have stretched government resources thin.
White House asks Congress for $100B in aid for hurricanes, other disasters
Top lawmakers plan to spend the next few weeks finalizing a bipartisan bill that fulfills at least some of that request.
Biden Administration Urges Congress to Fund Disaster Relief
Biden's administration has made multiple requests for more disaster aid since Congress last passed supplemental funding in December 2022, but lawmakers have not acted despite mult
Biden Asks Congress for Nearly $100 Billion in Emergency Disaster Aid
President Joe Biden requested the emergency disaster aid funds to address the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Biden administration requesting roughly $100 billion for disaster relief
The Biden administration is sending a roughly $100 billion request to Congress to help Americans impacted by a series of ...
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