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So, the money that was going to build Trump's wall will now be needed for hurricane relief.
But, but, that money was coming from Mexico,,,,,,
Hurricane Harvey may have destroyed Trump’s Mexico wall before a single brick is laid
Rain is still falling on the US’s gulf coast as Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, hovers over Texas and Louisiana. Record-breaking flooding is expected to continue through the week, levees are crumbling, refineries are submerged, and thousands of stranded people may be need to be airlifted from hotels, homes, and hospitals in coming days.
The cost of the storm damage is estimated as high as $100 billion, and it could max out federal emergency funds, insurance policies, and the personal savings of local residents.
As soon as Congress comes back into session on Sept. 5, lawmakers will get to work on a federal bailout package that could be in the tens of billions of dollars. After Hurricane Sandy hit the US northeast in October of 2012, Congress passed bills that offered $60 billion in disaster relief, including nearly $10 billion in additional borrowing power for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Before the end of September, Congress also needs to pass a federal spending bill to fund the government, as well as reauthorize the NFIP, increase the US’s debt ceiling, and fund a health-insurance program for children of poor families.
That doesn’t leave much political leeway or cash for president Donald Trump’s promised wall on the border with Mexico. Before the storm, he had threatened to shut down the US government if Congress didn’t fund the wall, which is unpopular with Democrats and also some Republicans. Doing so now would be absolutely unfathomable, say political analysts and experts.
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Aww !