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House passes $50.5 billion in Sandy aid, Republicans trim items

01/15/2013 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions. The aid package for the storm that ravaged New York and New Jersey coastlines now moves to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to win swift passage. The legislation had been tied up for weeks in the House amid congressional brawling over U.S. deficit reduction, spending and taxes in the New Year's new fiscal drama. …

New Jersey, New York, Superstorm Sandy

Republicans seek to trim Sandy disaster aid in House vote

01/15/2013 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (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. …

East Coast, Superstorm Sandy

Floods render NYC hospitals powerless

11/01/2012 majac Your Health Matters

There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York. And yet two of the city's busiest, most important medical centers failed a fundamental test of readiness during Superstorm Sandy this week: They lost power.

New York, NYC, Superstorm Sandy