The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid that Republican lawmakers said was unrelated to the storm that hammered the East Coast late in
Senate Approves $60.4 Billion Sandy Aid Bill
In this Nov. 19, 2012 file photo, a beachside house, deemed uninhabitable by the New York City Department of Buildings, is left in ruins in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane […]