Chuck Darwin on Nostr: President Biden has pledged 100% federal backing for disaster assistance for the next ...
President Biden has pledged 100% federal backing for disaster assistance for the next six months,
-- though with President-elect Donald Trump taking office in less than a week, the future of the funding is not completely secured.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), meanwhile, has said that although he intends to help Californians in need after the fires,
-- he is discussing with his Republican colleagues whether to link aid to the deeply political debate over increasing the debt ceiling.
House Democrats, including several Southern Californians, said they would not accept a conditional deal for disaster assistance.
The measures in Congress announced so far,
among the first of what could be many,
address topics including forest management,
disaster funding and
the powers of the California Coastal Commission.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-01-16/palisades-eaton-altadena-los-angeles-wildfires-federal-legislation
-- though with President-elect Donald Trump taking office in less than a week, the future of the funding is not completely secured.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), meanwhile, has said that although he intends to help Californians in need after the fires,
-- he is discussing with his Republican colleagues whether to link aid to the deeply political debate over increasing the debt ceiling.
House Democrats, including several Southern Californians, said they would not accept a conditional deal for disaster assistance.
The measures in Congress announced so far,
among the first of what could be many,
address topics including forest management,
disaster funding and
the powers of the California Coastal Commission.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-01-16/palisades-eaton-altadena-los-angeles-wildfires-federal-legislation