House approves $50.5B in Sandy aid for Staten Island, rest of city, battered Northeast

WASHINGTON -- More than 11 weeks after Hurricane Sandy brutalized Staten Island, the rest of New York City and other parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed painful party divisions inside Congress and out.

The vote was 241-180, and officials said the Senate was likely to accept the measure early next week and send it to President Barack Obama for his signature. Democrats supported the aid in large numbers, while majority Republicans opposed it by a lopsided margin. READ MORE …

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