Tag: East Coast

Republicans seek to trim Sandy disaster aid in House vote

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A woman walks by a home destroyed by the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Belle Harbor section of the Queens borough in New YorkWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fight over federal aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy resumed on Tuesday with the House of Representatives set to vote on $50.7 billion in additional money that some Republicans want to reduce. The aid package has been caught up for months in congressional brawling over deficit reduction, tax rates and the U.S. government debt limit. House lawmakers will consider the aid in two parts – an initial $17 billion to cover immediate emergency funding needs for devastated East Coast communities and an amendment to add $33.7 billion in longer-term reconstruction funds. …

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Sour end to 2012 masks positive trends in America

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Fireworks explode over Times Square as the crystal ball is hoisted in New YorkCHICAGO (Reuters) – Many Americans seem to be in a sour mood as 2013 begins, after Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of the East Coast, a gunman massacred 20 school children in Connecticut and a long, contentious election campaign was followed by failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff" issue by year-end. Americans have not been very optimistic since the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but the gloom had begun to lift this year until the blast of bad news as 2012 ended, IPSOS pollster Cliff Young said on Monday. IPSOS polling showed that some angst set in as the year ended. …

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