Tag: FEMA

Opponents of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., argued that delaying the rate increases would continue to incentivize people moving into flood-prone areas, which will become more widespread as rising sea levels and warmer waters propelled by climate change threaten to intensify storms. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senate takes up flood insurance bill as GOP backs alternative

Zack Colman · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

FEMA Backs Down?

The Scrapbook · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

President Bush, center, joined by FEMA Administrator David Paulison, left, and Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., right, receive an update on the preparations for Hurricane Gustav on Aug. 31, 2008, at FEMA Headquarters in Washington. A financial institution is paying lawyers $700 per hour to help Livingston Parish fight FEMA's denials of $60 million in claims for Gustav-related cleanup costs. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Secret benefactor helping Livingston in FEMA fight

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Workers pump 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, a foaming agent used in the coal preparation process, out of a 48,000-gallon tank at Freedom Industries, a chemical storage facility, in Charleston, West Virginia, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014.

Energy and Environment

Obama sends disaster aid after West Virginia chemical spill

Meghashyam Mali · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

The Town FEMA Turned Down

Jonathan V. Last · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Dozens of Department of Homeland Security employees, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spend at least half of their time working for labor unions instead of taxpayers while still drawing full salaries, according to a new data obtained by theÂ Washington Examiner.Â (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)

Too big to manage: Dozens of Homeland Security employees spend more time working for unions than taxpayers

Mark Flatten · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

In front of a nationwide television audience, West boldly proclaimed, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." (Mark Davis/Getty Images)

They’ll never admit rebel flag-waving Kanye West was wrong about George W. Bush

Gregory Kane · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Leadership void at Department of Homeland Security

Steve Contorno · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama favors monument closures to ‘pressure’ Republicans

Joel Gehrke · October 8, 2013 12:00 am

Red flags warn swimmers to stay out of the Gulf of Mexico as a squall from Tropical Storm Karen moves offshore at Gulf Shores, Ala., on Saturday.ÃÂ Despite having many workers furloughed and others working without pay, FEMA has made efforts to help residents preparing for Tropical Storm Karen as well as severe weather that has battered parts of the Midwest.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Obama to John Boehner: ‘Prove’ clean funding bill can’t pass House

Brian Hughes, Meghashyam Mali · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Speaker John Boehner has said he lacks the votes for a clean CR and is demanding that the president negotiate with Republicans over further spending cuts and changes to Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Day 4: House GOP stands firm, demands Dems negotiate end of government shutdown

David M. Drucker · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

FEMA workers recalled from furlough for storm prep

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2013 5:37 pm