House approves $50. 5 billion in Sandy aid
The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50. 5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions. The aid package for the storm that ravaged New York and New Jersey coastlines now moves to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to win swift passage. The legislation had been tied up for weeks in the House amid congressional brawling over U. S. deficit reduction, spending and taxes in the New Year’s new fiscal drama. . . .
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