Will Congress rush back to DC to pass Hurricane Helene, Milton relief funding? What to know.
The back-to-back storms have stretched some disaster relief agencies thin, prompting President Joe Biden to press Congress to ...
Rick Scott speaks up for FEMA as flooding takes place in eastern Hillsborough County
Florida GOP U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said Friday that he’s asked the federal agencies involved with disaster relief to tell him ...
DHS chief Mayorkas spends under six hours in Helene-hit NC before...
Lawmakers who oversee the Department of Homeland Security said the photos proved Mayorkas had committed dereliction of duty.
Biden to visit Florida, calls on Johnson to 'step up' on disaster aid
President Biden said he believes they're "breaking through with the truth" on the federal hurricane response but continued to ...
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100 Republicans voted against FEMA funding during hurricane season, but an attack omits context
That day, Hurricane Helene was churning toward the southeast. Congress voted to provide $20 billion to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund as part of the bill to fund the government through Dec. 20. President ...
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Johnson shuts down calls for Congress to return early to approve additional FEMA funding
Mayorkas and the White House have maintained that FEMA has enough money to respond to the "immediate needs" from Hurricanes ...
U.S. House Democrats call for immediate FEMA funding for hurricane response
A group of U.S. House Democrats, including five from Florida, have called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to “immediately” ...
Biden joins growing calls for Congress to return to pass certain hurricane relief
President Joe Biden joined the growing calls to reconvene Congress in the wake of the devastation in the south by ...
Johnson says it would be ‘premature’ to call Congress back over disaster funding
Johnson said it would take FEMA "a number of weeks to be able to fully even access" and assess areas damaged by the ...
House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to call House back to pass emergency disaster funding
Over 60 House Democrats urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to call the House back into session and pass emergency disaster aid ...
Frost, Soto call for vote on more FEMA funding post-Hurricane Milton
Central Florida congressmen Maxwell Frost and Darren Soto joined more than 40 other Democrats nationwide who this week called ...