Senate shutdown compromise includes Colorado flood relief
Source: Washington Post
The Senate compromise that would fund the government for several months and avoid a debt limit fiasco includes a provision to speed emergency funds to help Colorado towns rebuild after devastating floods ravaged the Rocky Mountain foothills early last month.
Sens. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) convinced Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the bill in the deal Reid struck with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Udall spokesman said.
The measure would lift a $100 million cap on emergency highway funds that Colorado is eligible to receive. Colorado will now be able to receive up to $450 million in Federal Highway Administration funding to repair more than 200 miles of highway and about 50 bridges damaged or destroyed by the flooding.
Congress has routinely lifted that cap for states hit by disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. The Senate passed the measure in late September by unanimous consent, but the bill died in the House of Representatives.
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