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House passes $15.3B Harvey aid package, raising debt ceiling

House passes $15.3B Harvey aid package, raising debt ceiling
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House passes $15.3B Harvey aid package, raising debt ceiling
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The House voted overwhelmingly on Friday to send a $15.3 billion disaster aid package to President Donald Trump, overcoming conservative objections to linking the emergency legislation to a temporary increase in America바카라 게임 웹사이트s borrowing authority. The legislation also keeps the government funded into December.

The 316-90 vote would refill depleted emergency accounts as Florida braces for the impact of Hurricane Irma this weekend and Texas picks up the pieces after the devastation of the Harvey storm.

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It바카라 게임 웹사이트s just the first installment of a federal aid package that could rival or exceed the $110 billion federal response after Hurricane Katrina, though future aid packages may be more difficult to pass. It also kicks budget decisions into December and forces another politically tough debt limit vote next year.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, a former tea party congressman from South Carolina who took a hard line against debt increases during his years in the House, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faced a rough time when they pitched the measure to House Republicans at a closed-door meeting held just before the vote.

Republicans were stunned earlier this week when Trump agreed with Democratic leaders on the short-term debt increase over GOP objections.
Mnuchin elicited hisses when he told the meeting of House Republicans 바카라 게임 웹사이트vote for the debt ceiling for me,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C.

Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., described a surreal scene with Mnuchin, a former Democratic donor, and Office of Management and Budget Director Mulvaney, who opposed clean debt ceiling hike바카라 게임 웹사이트s as a congressman, pressing Republicans to rally around the disaster aid package.

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Mulvaney defended the deal and Trump.

바카라 게임 웹사이트It was absolutely the right thing to do,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Mulvaney said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The president is a results-driven person, and right now he wants to see results on Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and tax reform. He saw an opportunity to work with Democrats on this particular issue at this particular time.바카라 게임 웹사이트

Trump on Wednesday had cut a deal with Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi to increase the debt limit for three months, rather than the long-term approach preferred by the GOP leaders that would have gotten the issue fixed through next year바카라 게임 웹사이트s midterms.

Conservatives disliked both options. Voting on the debt limit is politically toxic for Republicans, and the deal will make the GOP vote twice ahead of next year바카라 게임 웹사이트s midterm elections.

Fiscal conservatives have clamored for deep cuts in spending in exchange for any increase in the government바카라 게임 웹사이트s borrowing authority. The storm relief measure had widespread support, but the linkage with the debt ceiling left many Republicans frustrated.

바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s like the Washington that Trump campaigned against,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. 바카라 게임 웹사이트So, as much as I want to help Texas, I can바카라 게임 웹사이트t vote for something that just is a blank check on the debt.바카라 게임 웹사이트

But most in the GOP said they weren바카라 게임 웹사이트t upset with Trump himself.
Democratic votes are invariably needed to increase the debt limit — and avert a potential market-quaking default on government obligations — and Schumer and Pelosi successfully pressed to waive the debt limit through Dec. 8.

As a practical measure, since the arcane debt-limit suspension replenishes Treasury바카라 게임 웹사이트s ability to tap other accounts to maintain cash flows, the actual date of a potential default wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t come before February or March. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s according to a back-of-the-envelope calculation by Shai Akabas, who tracks the issue for the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank.

Late Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., added $7.4 billion in rebuilding funding to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s $7.9 billion request to deal with the immediate emergency in Texas and parts of Louisiana.