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The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives votes on a $51 billion part of the $60 billion Sandy disaster aid package approved in late December in the US Senate.
A $9 billion down payment for Superstorm Sandy-related support to the National Flood Insurance Program was approved in a vote earlier in January.
"This procedure that was laid out is fully acceptable and fully satisfactory. It provides the full $60 billion that we require," said Representative Peter King, a high-ranking House Republican from Long Island, New York.
The House speaker John Boehner abruptly set the vote timetable after fellow Republicans sharply criticized his cancellation of an earlier vote.
"There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent (storm) victims - the House majority and the speaker, John Boehner," said New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is seen as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016 election.
Hurricane Sandy, which hit the US East coast on October 29, was the second-costliest storm in US history, devastating New York and New Jersey coastal communities.
A $9 billion down payment for Superstorm Sandy-related support to the National Flood Insurance Program was approved in a vote earlier in January.
"This procedure that was laid out is fully acceptable and fully satisfactory. It provides the full $60 billion that we require," said Representative Peter King, a high-ranking House Republican from Long Island, New York.
The House speaker John Boehner abruptly set the vote timetable after fellow Republicans sharply criticized his cancellation of an earlier vote.
"There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent (storm) victims - the House majority and the speaker, John Boehner," said New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is seen as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016 election.
Hurricane Sandy, which hit the US East coast on October 29, was the second-costliest storm in US history, devastating New York and New Jersey coastal communities.
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Date: Tuesday 15 January 2013
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Ended: 124 days ago 
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