Senior Democrats say the House is preparing to quickly pass a $15 billion job-creating measure once it is approved by the Senate [which may happen as early as today], illustrating new urgency on the part of Democrats to show they are taking steps to improve the national employment picture.
Though House Democrats late last year passed a more sweeping $154 billion jobs and economic recovery package, senior aides and top lawmakers said the House was eager to send President Obama the Senate measure — perhaps by the end of the week — to secure an immediate victory on jobs. Democrats would then try to pass other initiatives intended to produce new employment opportunities.
After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA
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Earlier this year, President Trump suggested he wanted to shutter the
agency. Now, he says his aides “fixed it up in no time.”
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