Congress Passes Aid Package For 9/11 Responders

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a last-minute compromise, Congress passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and responders who became ill working in its ruins....

BING NEWS:
  • US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
    By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that ...
    12/22/2024 - 12:03 am | View Link
  • Congress passes legislation to provide Hurricane Helene relief
    “I continually advocated for a spending package which included disaster relief. With the passage of the American Relief Act, we were successful in passing both government funding and disaster aid for ...
    12/21/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
  • Congress passes slimmed-down spending bill to keep government open
    House lawmakers voted 366-34 to pass a spending bill on Friday. The Senate passed it on a 85-11 vote. The bill, which funds the government for three months, still needs to be signed by President Biden ...
    12/21/2024 - 4:04 am | View Link
  • Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands, passes temporary funding to avert shutdown
    The bill would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted ...
    12/21/2024 - 3:33 am | View Link
  • Farm Bill gets extension as Congress passes spending package and averts shutdown
    The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.
    12/21/2024 - 1:39 am | View Link
  • More

 

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More News