Topic: Fema

Senators move to avert government shutdown

Spurred on by the White House, divided US Senators moved late Monday to avert a government shutdown at week's end and defuse an angry battle over disaster relief in Hurricane Irene's wake.But the emerging deal did not provide any immediate money for ...

US House rejects stopgap measure

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a stopgap measure to keep the government open past October 1 amid a fierce dispute over disaster aid in the wake of Hurricane Irene.The surprise 195-230 vote was a shock setback for Republican House ...

Afghanistan war funding bill stalls in US Senate

The US Senate has rejected emergency funding for military operations in Afghanistan, sending it back to the House of Representatives because it included billions in non-military spending.The budget supplemental is intended to finance the 30,000 extra troops that US President Barack Obama ...

US Senate passes 60bn funding for Afghan war

The US Senate has passed a supplementary funding bill worth some 60 billion dollars to finance the conflict in Afghanistan and other key projects including aid to quake-hit Haiti.The measure approved late Thursday by a 67-28 margin offers 33 billion dollars to ...

US Senate passes $60 billion funding for Afghan war

The US Senate has passed a supplementary funding bill worth some 60 billion dollars to finance the conflict in Afghanistan and other key projects including aid to quake-hit Hait.The measure approved late Thursday by a 67-28 margin offers 33 billion dollars to ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has determined that corrosive Chinese drywall does not pose a major emergency or disaster, even though many thousands of homeowners claim otherwise. The state of Florida had asked FEMA for help so that afflicted residents could ...

The Tea Partyƕs (old) paranoia

Todays fervent ideological movement has roots in post-World War II right The federal government, under the guise of helping the mentally ill, is establishing a concentration camp in Alaska to house political opponents a new step on the path toward totalitarianism.Dan Smoot ...

Four years after Katrina

Gulf Coast recovery work is now earning high praise for the progress it is making Finally, four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated vast areas of the Gulf Coast, the federal government is getting praised by leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi who have ...
After pledging change, Obama team wins early praise for Katrina workAs a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Even Doug O'Dell, former President George W. Bush's ...

U.S. flood insurance program extended for 6 months

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, which covers millions of Americans in flood-prone areas, would be extended for six months under a bill approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, delaying further efforts to fix the troubled program.The ...
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