Sen. Doug Jones urged Trump to accept more money for Puerto Rico as a way to unstick a $13 billion disaster aid bill that's stalled in the Senate. But Trump so far has been unmoved by pleas from both Democrats and Republicans
President Donald Trump received a ring from an unusual caller on Wednesday evening: Democratic Sen. Doug Jones.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico is running out of food assistance, the Southeast is reeling from hurricanes and the Midwest is struggling with floods. Democrats running for president “need to remember that as they’re swinging through Iowa trying to appeal to Iowa voters, that they voted no in a time of disaster when they really need that aid,” said Sen. Joni Ernst .
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