The Senate will tie a critical hurricane relief measure to legislation that would increase the nation’s borrowing limit, after theHouse planned to take up the two bills separately.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, told the Washington Examiner the Senate will add the debt limit measure after the House passes legislation to provide $8 billion in disaster relief to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey.

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