“It appears that the President will not accept even this reasonable offer,” Patrick Leahy said.
A massive disaster aid bill is in doubt in the Senate, caught between Senate Democrats pushing for more assistance for Puerto Rico and President Donald Trump’s criticism that the U. S. territory is already receiving too much hurricane aid.
The Senate voted 90-10 on Tuesday to advancemulti-billion dollar legislation aimed at providing relief to areas that have been hit hard by hurricanes, wildfires and flooding. But final passage is now uncertain, with Senate Democrats calling for changes to the bill after Trump reportedly told Republicans at a Senate lunch Tuesday that Puerto Rico, which was struck by two hurricanes in 2017, was getting too much money in the disaster aid bill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.
