TIn a major blow to the Republican leadership, the U.S. House on Wednesday defeated a temporary spending measure that would have required spending cuts to offset additional money for federal disaster relief efforts.
The additional funds are needed because recent major floods from Hurricane Irene along the East Coast and wildfires in Texas exceeded the amount these agencies have left in their coffers to support recovery and rebuilding efforts.
The measure would have allocated fewer resources to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers for disaster response than did the bill the Democratic-led Senate approved last week.
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