Friday, June 03, 2011

House approves $1 billion in disaster aid for Joplin

The U. S. House today approved $1 billion in disaster aid for tornado-stricken Joplin:

It has to be reconciled with the Senate version before the President can sign it.

Southwest Missouri congressman Billy Long calls it a down payment on other federal help promised to Joplin.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I call it an earmark.