Congress is facing a Friday budget deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s hopeful they’ll succeed in reaching an agreement to avoid such a mess.
Grassley says allowing the funding to run out by midnight Friday would be “a stupid thing to do.”
OC……….”up the government” :15
One sticking point is deciding on the amount of money that should be devoted to disaster relief for hurricane-damaged areas of Florida, Texas and elsewhere.
OC………”be needed” :16
Senate Democrats complained the 81-billion dollars in disaster funding offered by the House wasn’t enough to help Puerto Rico, where the power is still out to one-third of the population.
Grassley, a Republican, says it’s nonsense to quibble over that issue.
OC……….”more money” ;13
Grassley says the last government shutdown in 2013 happened because about 90-percent of Congress was brand new from the last time they did it, and they didn’t realize what a “stupid” thing it was to do.
