Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Thursday set up a vote early next week to pass a $36.5 billion disaster relief funding package, after President Trump urged the Senate not to add more money to the measure and get it approved quickly.
The Senate advanced the bill after a coalition of senators from hurricane and fire-ravaged states agreed to back down on their demands for additional money to be added to the package. President Trump and his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, phoned Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Thursday and promised to instead send a new funding request for additional aid next month.
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