Democrats and Republicans can't agree on additional aid to Puerto Rico, slowing down work on a broad disaster-aid bill
WASHINGTON—A partisan dispute over how much disaster-recovery funding to provide to Puerto Rico is slowing the progress of a broad disaster-aid package in Congress, with President Trump and Republicans opposing Democrats’ push for more assistance for the island.
The Senate will take a procedural vote on Monday evening on the $13.5 billion bill drafted by Republicans in the chamber. The money would go toward recovery efforts in states including Florida and North Carolina, which were hit with hurricanes last year, as well as...
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