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Catastrophic storms' costs put cloud over federal budgets

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The three states hardest hit by super-storm Sandy in October are requesting $80 billion in emergency funding, raising long-term questions about the federal government’s planning for seemingly ever-more expensive disaster spending. In his press briefing Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters, “I met with Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo (of New York) yesterday; I understand Gov. (Chris) Christie (of New Jersey) is coming today or tomorrow. ” Reid said he met with a White House aide Tuesday morning on the emergency spending and predicted that Congress would get a formal spending request “in the next 48 hours” from the White House.J. Scott Applewhite / APSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, following a Democratic strategy session. (AP Photo/J.

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Majority Leader Harry Reid

Overall Sentiment: 0.0258267

Relevance: 0.942016

Sentiment	Quote
0.0899495	Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters, “I met with Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo (of New York) yesterday; I understand Gov. (Chris) Christie (of New Jersey) is coming today or tomorrow.” ...
0.0756677	Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters, “I met with Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo (of New York) yesterday; I understand Gov. (Chris) Christie (of New Jersey) is coming today or tomorrow.” Reid said he met with a White House aide Tuesday morning on the emergency spending and predicted that Congress would get a formal spending request “in the next 48 hours”
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1656172 Mean: 0.0828086 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Scott Applewhite

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J. Scott Applewhite

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Organization: Senate

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Company: AP

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.383809

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