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Congressional showdown over FEMA funding

The bill includes $1 billion in immediate funding for cash-strapped FEMA, but offsets the spending with cuts to the Energy Department’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. Todd Zwillich has the latest on the story.

Environment

Just a day after rejecting what has become a controversial stopgap resolution, the House passed nearly an identical version of the bill late last night to keep the government running. Democrats have vowed to block a provision of the bill concerning funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The bill includes $1 billion in immediate funding for cash-strapped FEMA, but offsets the spending with cuts to the Energy Department’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. Todd Zwillich, The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, has the latest on the story.