Posted on 05/23/2019 11:45:50 AM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — Senators reached a bipartisan deal Thursday that would provide more than $19 billion in disaster aid funding to parts of the U.S. hit by hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes and wildfires, following months of negotiation.
Leaving a closed-door Senate Republican lunch, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., told reporters that an agreement had been reached.
The two said they had spoken to President Donald Trump about the parameters of the deal Thursday afternoon, which excludes the $4.5 billion in border funding that White House and Republicans kept demanding. Trump signed off, according to the two lawmakers.
The Senate is expected to vote on the measure Thursday afternoon before leaving Washington for a week-long Memorial Day recess. This comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warned earlier in the day that the upper chamber would remain in session this week until they passed a disaster aid bill.
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Pocket veto
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Which Earthquakes, Hurricanes?
The Senate is pointless
Why is it sooooo important to have as many illegals as possible for the rethuglicans? Why can they not protect this country and its citizens to the point that they will literally do nothing for americans unless illegals get everything they want at taxpayer expense?
Don’t worry. WHEN Repubs have BOTH houses of congress THEN they’ll address the border issue. (Lather, rinse, repeat.)
pocket veto
” Trump signed off, according to the two lawmakers. “
They had better get a hold on that border before we are in a war with the dems who have lost their minds! We are in a mess that keeps on getting deeper due to the absolute treasonous dems and the other party trying to use old laws and rules for this treasonous behavior..
Local radio news just keeps playing what pelosi says and does not play any rebuttal... that’s the damned media still at it!! it’s pelosi who needs intervention and a head dr... all the dems are off into a hate-pit aimed at all of us on the other side!
I just called Senator Perdue’s two offices and let them know that he will not be getting the three votes from our household come 2020 election cycle.
Very disappointing.
The Japs made a big mistake in 41. They should have waited a few years and then just walked in and said we are here.
The brits in 1812 should have just asked for asylum.
What were they thinking.
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