Congress Convenes, Seeks Disaster Aid
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The 109th U.S. Congress convened on  Tuesday with aid for victims of the Asian tsunami the emergency  top priority -- ahead of thorny domestic issues such as the  Social Security retirement program and taxes.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress on Monday to rush more than &#36;2 billion in additional aid to hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on Friday.
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U.S. presidents past and present appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors.
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President Bush has asked Congress  for an extra $887.4 million in hurricane aid, bringing to $13.8  billion the amount requested, with most of it going to the  presidential election battleground state of Florida.
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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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By David Whitney, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 24--WASHINGTON -- Congress will soon send President Bush a funding bill for the Iraq war that also will deliver $60.4 million in disaster assistance that desperate West Coast salmon fishermen have been seeking for nearly a year.
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Group demonstrates possible solutions, but lawmakers also need to act.
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United for urgent action, the White House and Congress raced toward emergency steps Thursday to rescue the national economy from a possible recession
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LAKE WALES, Fla. - President Bush, touring hurricane-battered Florida on his way to Thursday night's presidential debate, pressed Congress on Wednesday to approve his latest request for emergency federal aid for storm victims, this time for more than $7 billion...
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Lawmakers trying to get elected push last-minute bills to help constituents, from hurricane relief to tobacco buyouts.
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A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress  on Monday to rush about $2.5 billion in additional aid to  hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on  Friday.
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Members of Congress are pushing for quick action on aid to survivors of the Asian tsunami, but the Bush administration has plenty of money already to launch its relief operations in the Indian Ocean basin, congressional officials said Wednesday.
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Democracy and anti-terrorism  conditions Congress has placed on military aid to Pakistan can  be met and do not represent large divisions over policy toward  that key ally, a senior official said on Thursday.
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The UN weather agency closed out its congress here on Friday pledging to help poor countries cope with natural disasters through better forecasting and alert systems.
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U.S President Bush asked Congress on  Tuesday for $691.2 million in new emergency aid to help states  hit by Hurricane Jeanne.
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By CAIN BURDEAU  NEW ORLEANS - A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.