claim: of $60 billion congress approved in response to hurricane sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."
author: al cardenas
evidence_1: aug 29, 2017 ... but then, larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the  one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by  the hurricane, and ... in 2013, after hurricane sandy struck the eastern seaboard  near new york city, congress approved upward of $50 billion.
evidence_2: jan 3, 2013 ... two months after hurricane sandy devastated parts of the garden state, new  jersey officials and residents are still waiting for congress to sign off on roughly  $60 billion in emergency relief aid. but after hurricane katrina pummeled new  orleans in august 2005, it only took 10 days for a similar level of ...
evidence_3: feb 24, 2016 ... the administration requested, and congress for the most part agreed, to  designate the supplemental funding provided in the wake of hurricane sandy as  emergency spending outside of the limited disaster relief adjustment made  available under the. bca. the history of the legislative response to this ...
evidence_4: may 12, 2016 ... was not just any hurricane or “tropical storm.” sandy was an ... 2012), http:// science.time.com/2012/10/29/frankenstorm-why-hurricane-sandy-will-be-his- ....  relief bill. on january 2, 2013, speaker boehner brought a $60 billion spending  measure to the floor only to see support for the measure crumble in.
evidence_5: apr 29, 2013 ... congress eventually provided $60 billion in disaster relief and recovery aid after  weeks of deliberating and partisan bickering. ... sandy was the worst natural  disaster in the united states in terms of destruction and deaths since hurricanes  katrina and rita in 2005, but it wasn't the only one. in 2011 and ...