House Republicans are going to let the 112th Congress expire Wednesday without action on a Superstorm Sandy relief bill that includes a 50 percent increase in the National Flood Insurance Program's borrowing authority.
After criticism, including from some inside of his own party, House Speaker John Boehener, R-Ohio, agreed to hold a vote on the Sandy Aid package on Friday, shortly after the new Congress takes over, several news reports say.
The aid package, both the $60.4 billion package passed by the Senate, and the smaller $27 billion package introduced Tuesday in the House, borrowing-authority increase
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