Sen. Thom Tillis has led a bipartisan group of senators in calling for Congress to pass a disaster funding package to assist ...
Government funding, disaster relief and energy permitting could all be complicated by year-end partisan angling.
or Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP). Recall that the White House/USDA requested $1.5 billion for disaster assistance in the Continuing Resolution, but some sources wonder how serious that ...
House conservatives blocked them at the time, insisting on a “bare bones” continuing resolution (CR) instead. “Democrats ...
Appropriations battles are simmering on the back burner before the elections, but lawmakers have some tough choices when they return.
While we were disappointed that full disaster relief funding was not included in the three-month continuing resolution, we request that you support such funding in ongoing full-year appropriations ...
Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Dan Bishop are being criticized for voting against a bill that funded FEMA just as Hurricane Helene hit. But is there more to the story?
Now, lawmakers from the states devastated by Helene are asking for help from congressional leadership, including the possibility of coming back in October to fund the relief efforts. And costs ...
Lawmakers decried the agency’s programs focused specifically on illegal immigrants, especially as top Biden administration officials worry FEMA could run out of disaster relief funds while ...
The bill several Tennessee lawmakers voted against didn't just fund FEMA, which has led flood relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
While FEMA lifted the Immediate Needs Funding restriction on Oct. 1 after Congress passed a continuing resolution to replenish the Disaster Relief Fund fund, it may soon be back to square one.