Johnson slams door on Congress returning for disaster aid

Photo caption: U.S. Airmen assigned to RED HORSE squadron, Florida Air National Guard, clear roads in Keaton Beach, Florida, after the landfall of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024. Photo credit: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Hancock via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Andres Picon. Politico – October 10, 2024.

Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House Republican leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance. President Joe Biden on Thursday said lawmakers should return to Capitol Hill “immediately” from their preelection recess, echoing pleas from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the afflicted states. […]

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