A partisan dispute over how much disaster-recovery funding to provide to Puerto Rico is slowing the progress of a broad disaster-aid package in Congress
WASHINGTON—A broad disaster aid package failed to clear procedural hurdles in the Senate on Monday as Democrats and Republicans in the chamber quarreled over how much funding to provide to hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.
The $13.5 billion bill, drafted by Republicans, provides money for recovery in areas across the U.S., including Florida and North Carolina, that were hit with hurricanes last year and for the swaths of California devastated by the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history.
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