WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans and Democrats in Congress moved to quickly approve disaster aid on Monday but remained at odds over the amount of money needed to help victims of floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

With the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster-relief fund running dangerously low, top Republicans in the House of Representatives said they would attach up to $1 billion to a must-pass spending bill that is expected to pass Congress next week.

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans said on
Monday they will try to approve disaster aid next week to
ensure that the government doesn’t run out of money to help
victims of floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

With the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
disaster-relief fund running dangerously low, top Republicans
in the House of Representatives said they will attach
additional funding to a must-pass spending bill that would keep
the government operating beyond Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers, facing
rock-bottom approval ratings after a bruising series of budget
battles, worked on Wednesday to head off another disruptive
fight over government spending.

With the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and
the Democratic-held Senate at odds over funding levels for the
fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, lawmakers and aides from both
parties said they would try to resolve their differences in an
orderly manner rather than the brinkmanship that marked earlier
disputes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Senate panel approved $6 billion in disaster aid on Tuesday but it was unclear whether Congress would be able to replenish the government’s dwindling relief fund before it runs dry completely.

The government has less than $600 million to help victims of floods, tornadoes, and a hurricane that raked the East Coast last week and has already suspended some payments to ensure that money remains for those who have suffered the most.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the U.S. economy facing a heightened risk of sliding back into recession, the country’s elected representatives may be pushing it closer to the brink.

Democrats and Republicans say job creation is a top priority as they return to work this week, but there is a growing body of evidence that Congress is actually hurting the economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the U.S. economy facing a heightened risk of sliding back into recession, the country’s elected representatives may be pushing it closer to the brink.

Democrats and Republicans say job creation is a top priority as they return to work this week, but there is a growing body of evidence that Congress is actually hurting the economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the economy facing a heightened risk of sliding back into recession, the country’s elected representatives may be pushing it closer to the brink.

Democrats and Republicans say job creation is a top priority as they return to work this week, but there is a growing body of evidence that Congress is actually hurting the economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress may have averted default through a last-minute budget deal that will enable the government to extend its borrowing authority, but much of the hard work remains.

Congress offloaded much of the painful decision-making to a “super committee” of 12 lawmakers, who must come up with a budget deal by Thanksgiving.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington’s never-ending budget battle threatened to snarl the recovery from Hurricane Irene as a top Republican said on Monday that any federal aid will have to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere.

“Yes there’s a federal role, yes we’re going to find the money. We’re just going to make sure that there are savings elsewhere,” Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, told Fox News.

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A sweeping U.S. budget deal
has brightened the country’s fiscal outlook but unemployment
will remain high over the near term, nonpartisan congressional
forecasters said on Wednesday.

The report by the Congressional Budget Office is likely to
add fuel to the debate over jobs and the economy that is set to
dominate Washington through the 2012 elections.