Hurricane damaged New Jersey and New York but worry about missing Sandy funding and federal assistance

Sandy did severe damage to many coastal areas where poor left vulnerable

Republicans rake leader for stalling on US storm aid

AFP – US President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to approve emergency relief for victims of superstorm Sandy, as Republicans savaged their House leader for playing politics with disaster aid. The Senate has already passed a $60.4 billion aid package put forward by the White House to help the northeast. Republican New York Congressman Peter King was near tears on Wednesday as he threatened to leave the Republican Party, while excoriating the leadership and other members after they reversed course and refused to pass a relief package for victims of Hurricane Sandy. U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D – N.J. 6th Dist.) decried the delay in voting for the Hurricane Sandy relief bill on Wednesday from the House floor, calling the decision “deplorable.”