Source: Emma Dumain, NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/24/19


North and South Carolinians will have to wait a little while longer for federal dollars to help them recover from major hurricanes last fall. Congress was expected on Friday to send a $19.1 billion disaster relief package for President Donald Trump to sign and enact into law — a breakthrough after months of stalled negotiations on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Senate passed a compromise bill on Thursday afternoon, 85-8, with Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina and Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina all supporting the measure.

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