President Joe Biden said he expects to request an emergency spending package to finance the recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene that ravaged the Southeast, and that Congress might need to cut short its October recess to pass it quickly.
“That is something I may have to request,” Biden told reporters Monday, though he said no decisions had been made about the size of a funding package or whether it would require interrupting the election-season recess.
That decision would be up to lawmakers, who were in wait-and-see mode Monday for more information on the extent of damages. But it would almost certainly require a massive need for additional funds to bring lawmakers, who aren’t due to return to Washington until Nov. 12, back from the campaign trail before Election Day.
