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Ondertussen is van business as usual geen sprake meer in de VS.
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Politico: "DISASTER SUPP ODDS

The need for a disaster aid package is a lone source of bipartisan, bicameral agreement on government funding right now. But don’t expect action until after August recess — and that could be a problem.

FEMA just detailed its latest accounting of the disaster aid piggy bank, predicting that the Biden administration will burn through almost all of the cash in the coming weeks.

The balance in the Disaster Relief Fund: about $9 billion. The expected shortfall: $6 billion before the new fiscal year starts in October.

The Department of Transportation also tells us there’s about $900 million left in the emergency highway fund that’s been covering costs from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

On both sides of the Capitol, the support for an emergency aid package is there, following President Joe Biden’s request late last month for $4 billion in emergency cash. So far, the urgency — and bandwidth — is not. Blame the regular funding bills and a torrent of political surprises this summer.”

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/07/16/congress-faces-a-6b-disaster-hole-00168766 <https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/07/16/congress-faces-a-6b-disaster-hole-00168766>

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