The debt-ceiling bill rescinds $28 billion in COVID-19 and other federal funds, but is not expected to claw back any of the more than $600 million awarded to Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Rep. George Santos was the only one of Long Island's four Republican House members to vote no on the debt-limit legislation, which passed Wednesday night.
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