Sandy Aid Will Get House Vote This Month After Delay
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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor pledged to New Jersey and New York lawmakers that the chamber will vote on $60 billion in Hurricane Sandy aid after pulling it off the agenda Jan. 1.
Boehner told lawmakers the first vote will be tomorrow, on raising the government’s borrowing authority by $9.7 billion for flood insurance to enable it to continue paying damage claims, Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, told reporters. On Jan. 15, another $51 billion will come before the full House, King said.