Friday, September 8, 2017

House heads toward backing Harvey aid bill, debt hike

September 08, 2017 at 02:26AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican conservatives are grumbling, but the House is poised to back a $15.3 billion disaster aid package that President Donald Trump and Democrats have married to a temporary increase in America's borrowing authority.

Friday's House vote would send the measure to Trump for his signature, replenishing rapidly dwindling disaster accounts as Hurricane Irma tracks toward Florida this weekend.

The must-do legislation would also provide money to fund government agencies through Dec.

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