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Step One is complete. The Senate voted 67-32 Wednesday night to open debate on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with 17 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting to advance the package. The vote puts the Senate on track to pass the bill by next week, potentially giving President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers on a path to secure the bipartisan achievement they’ve pursued through weeks of up-and-down negotiations that at times seemed on the verge of collapse. “In the end, the unique dynamics of the group, both personally and politically, helped make it happen,” Punchbowl News says, noting that the band of senators that hammered out the deal had shown a willingness to buck their own parties and work across the aisle. “It happened from the center out. In other words, at a time when Washington seems broken, this group of members behind me came together, along with others, and decided we were going to d
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Getting relief aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, can often be a challenge in the wake of a natural disaster such as a wildfire or tornado. In Puerto Rico, some survivors of a 2017 hurricane faced an added challenge because they couldn’t prove they owned their own house.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Sprinfield, is the chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He said some survivors on the mainland U.S. have faced similar problems.
“Otherwise qualified survivors can’t register because they reside in homes handed down generation to generation, where there’s no titling, he said. Or in other cases, the courthouse was wiped out and there are no records.”
Gov. Brown visits Bootleg Fire camps in Southern Oregon kgw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kgw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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