House Fails to Pass $19 Billion Disaster Package After One Republican Objects

House Fails to Pass $19 Billion Disaster Package After One Republican Objects

House Fails to Pass $19 Billion Disaster Package After One Republican Objects

By / Politics / Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:24

A single House member held up a bipartisan, negotiated $19.1 billion disaster aid package Friday, delaying assistance to communities hit by hurricanes, wildfires and floods and underscoring the decline in congressional collegiality.

The measure has bipartisan support, was approved overwhelmingly in the Senate Thursday and has President Donald Trump's promise of his signature. It surely would have passed if the House had put it up to a full vote.

 

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