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A political stalemate over Puerto Rican aid is leaving all US disaster funding in limbo

  • Written by Lauren Lluveras, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin
A political stalemate over Puerto Rican aid is leaving all US disaster funding in limboThree-year-old Ailianie Hernandez waits with her mother, Julianna Ageljo, to apply for Puerto Rico's nutritional assistance program.(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti

Senate Democrats recently blocked US$13.5 billion in relief for Americans whose lives were disrupted by hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, flooding and other natural disasters. The objections had...

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