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Disaster averted on disaster relief — at least for now.
At the eleventh hour on Saturday, Congress did what it needed to do to avert a government shutdown, passing a stopgap measure to keep federal agencies going. That included an important $16 billion infusion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s quickly depleting Disaster Relief Fund, which is supplying most of the Maui wildfires’ emergency aid.
Big sigh of relief — but as this was a temporary measure to fund the government only until Nov. 17, Congress still has much more work to do.