Warnings are growing that more hurricane relief is needed by Speaker Mike Johnson won’t reconvene the House until after the election.
Johnson previously addressed calls for a vote for additional FEMA funding, but now faces more pressure after the Small Business Administration said less than $100 million remains in federal disaster loans money. Johnson isn’t budging. “The SBA has plenty of money right now to serve the immediate needs,” Johnson told reporters in Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday. “When Congress returns to session right after the election, that’ll be one of the first agenda items that we have to address.”
Johnson won’t pass FEMA funding, and he won’t pass SBA disaster relief until after the election, which is sending a clear message to the millions of people in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
People who are suffering and have lost everything are going to have …