{"id":2023246,"date":"2023-09-06T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-introduces-bicameral-bill-separating-disaster-relief-from-ukraine-aid-demands-senate-vote\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:30:36","slug":"rick-scott-introduces-bicameral-bill-separating-disaster-relief-from-ukraine-aid-demands-senate-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-introduces-bicameral-bill-separating-disaster-relief-from-ukraine-aid-demands-senate-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott introduces bill to separate disaster relief from Ukraine aid, urges Senate vote."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frick-scott-introduces-bicameral-bill-separating-disaster-relief-from-ukraine-aid-demands-senate-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Sen. \u2063Rick Scott (R-FL) Introduces\u2064 Legislation for Emergency \u2062Relief Funding<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has partnered with\u2063 Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to introduce a\u2063 groundbreaking legislation that aims to provide \u200cemergency relief funding for\u2064 natural disasters. This legislation, known as\u2062 the Federal Disaster Responsibility Act, \u200dseeks \u200dto\u200c address the\u2064 urgent needs of communities affected by \u200bdisasters \u200csuch as Hurricane Idalia in Florida and the Hawaii wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Disaster Responsibility Act proposes to allocate $16.5 billion to replenish the Federal \u200bEmergency Management Agency&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-unveil-1-9-trillion-covid-19-relief-package\/\" title=\"House Democrats Unveil .9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package\">disaster relief fund<\/a>. Additionally, it aims to ensure the passage of \u2063two crucial acts: the Block Grant Assistance\u2063 Act \u200band the\u2063 Hurricane Tax Relief Act.\u200b The former grants the \u200cDepartment of Agriculture the authority to issue \u200bgrants to \u2063all U.S. agriculture producers impacted by natural disasters \u2063in 2022, while \u2062the latter provides much<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-introduces-bicameral-bill-separating-disaster-relief-from-ukraine-aid-demands-senate-vote\/\" title=\"Rick Scott introduces bill to separate disaster relief from Ukraine aid, urges Senate vote.\">-needed disaster-loss tax relief<\/a> to families \u200baffected by hurricanes.<\/p>\n<h3>LAWMAKERS RETURN TO \u200dCAPITOL HILL WITH A HEFTY TO-DO \u200cLIST<\/h3>\n<p>This legislation comes as a \u200cresponse to \u2063a controversial White House\u200d request for $44 billion in emergency spending, which would link $16 billion in disaster relief to $24 billion in\u200d Ukraine aid.\u200c Republican \u200csenators, including \u2064Scott and Rubio, \u200chave strongly opposed\u200b this linkage, accusing\u200b President\u200c Joe Biden of holding the much-needed \u2062disaster aid &#8220;hostage&#8221; to expedite\u200b the passage\u200c of \u2064Ukraine aid through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Scott \u200cand Rubio&#8217;s legislation\u2062 has\u200d garnered \u2064support from both\u2063 chambers of Congress, with Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) leading a companion bill in the \u2064House. Speaking about the bill, Scott \u2063emphasized the importance\u200b of \u200bproviding timely relief to \u200bfamilies\u2063 affected\u200b by \u200bdisasters, stating, &#8220;When disaster strikes, families can&#8217;t be left wondering whether the federal government \u200cis going \u2063to show \u2063up or if they&#8217;ll \u2064be strung \u200balong while Washington uses them\u200c as a \u200bbargaining chip \u2062in a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tuberville-democrat-relief-bill-to-spark-inflation-fuel-poverty\/\" title=\"Sen. Tuberville: Democrat \u2018relief\u2019 bill to spark inflation, fuel poverty\">massive spending bill<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Scott has not \u200bconfirmed whether he will push\u200b for a vote on \u200cthe bill, \u200dSen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has indicated her objection to a separate vote on disaster relief without Ukraine \u2064aid.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to read the full article\u200d from The Washington \u200cExaminer.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the White House declined to comment on the possibility of decoupling \u2063the two forms of aid. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized the importance of fulfilling commitments to \u2062both\u2062 the \u2063American people and \u2063Ukraine, stating, &#8220;We have to keep our commitments on both sides\u200d of these things.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Federal Disaster Responsibility Act, a separate funding bill for natural disasters like Hurricane Idalia and Hawaii wildfires. 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