billion for disaster victims along the way and the fight, really, boiled counsel to emergency cash for fema and that agency said the disaster relief fund would run dry before the end of the fiscal year which is on friday, and that was until yesterday when fema officials said they could stretch that fund just a little bit longer. and mike image is mike emanuel is on hill. the fight over fema money, was that all for nothing, was that political? what was it, mike? fema certainly helped the situation when they sent a letter saying the $114 million cash on hand it had with no hurricanes off the coast at this point, would most likely be enough to get through the end of the fiscal year this week so then it was about for iting over 2012 spending which made the fight go away and not adding to this year s tab, so, then a bipartisan vote happened, and senate majority leader harry reid expressed relief.