Congressional showdown over FEMA funding
A vote scheduled by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on a stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution, to keep the government funded through November 18 has become unexpectedly controversial. The government could be headed for a shutdown, as Democrats have vowed to block a provision of the bill concerning funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The bill includes $1 billion in immediate funding for cash-strapped FEMA, but offsets the spending with cuts to the Energy Department’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. Todd Zwillich, The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, has the latest on the story.
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