Bill to provide $2.6 billion in flood relief for the Midwest

Thursday, June 19, 2008

An agreement reached between House Democrats and Republicans and the White House -- if passed into law as expected -- would provide $2.6 billion in additional disaster aid to replenish accounts already being tapped to deal with the flooding across the Midwest.

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