Sandy’s devastation prompts senators to call for speedier aid
(MCT) — WASHINGTON—They brought photos of the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. They brought statistics—more than 300,000 homes seriously damaged in New York alone, for example. And Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., brought a newspaper headline: “U.S. Denies Aid to Md. Storm Victims.”
Senators from the Northeast and mid-Atlantic made appeals Wednesday for swift congressional action on a disaster aid bill expected to run into tens of billions of dollars.
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