House Speaker, Senate Majority Leader Call Congress Intoemergency Session; Congress Will Pass Immediate Aid for Hurricanevictims

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) will convene the Senate tonight, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 and the House tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Under the Adjournment Resolution passed on July 29, 2005, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader can reconvene Congress for matters of public interest. Speaker Hastert and Senator Frist made the following statement regarding the emergency session:

"The Administration notified the leadership of the Congress earlier today that FEMA was running low on funds for immediate assistance and would need funds sooner than the next regularly scheduled session, September 6. Upon this notification, we immediately consulted with Leader Pelosi and Leader Reid and we all agreed to invoke our emergency powers and called the Congress to reconvene.

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House Speaker, Senate Majority Leader Call Congress Intoemergency Session; Congress Will Pass Immediate Aid for Hurricanevictims

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