With billions of federal aid dollars hanging in the balance, North Carolina’s small business leaders are begging Congress to pass a spending bill to help the region recover from the brutal hurricane season.
“It is incredibly frustrating and disheartening,” Ashville, NC, restaurateur Katie Button told CNN about watching the politics at play. “The entire community of western North Carolina and the state of North Carolina is watching this with, you know, biting our nails while we’re watching it, because we desperately need this disaster relief bill to go through.
“Basically, we’re hanging on by a thread and it feels kind of ridiculous to feel like you’re caught up in the crossfire of some kind of political showdown when what we really need is for our elected officials and our president-elect using his influence to come together, put their party designation aside, and get this money passed,” she added.
Congress has until midnight Friday to pass a spending bill or face a government shutdown in time …