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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Sep 30, 2017, 01:06 PM Sep 2017

Has Congress passed a disaster bill for Puerto Rico?

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Has Congress passed a disaster bill for Puerto Rico? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 OP

Not that I've heard. Igel Sep 2017 #1

Igel

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1. Not that I've heard.

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Sat Sep 30, 2017, 02:19 PM

Sep 2017

On the other hand, the Harvey relief bill reporting said,

The updated version of the bill includes $7.4 billion for direct assistance for victims of Hurricane Harvey, $450 million for the Small Business Association to help small businesses get back on their feet and an additional $7.4 billion in Community Development Block Grants for all disaster in 2017. The added money could be used for Hurricane Irma or other natural disasters this year.

FEMA still has money, according to reports I heard Friday. And the Harvey relief money had a lot of "give" in it.

I also can't find any evidence of a separate "Irma relief bill." That may explain it.

Typically there's often a separate relief bill passed after there are proposals for actual repairs, not just "here's money, deal with it."

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