Advertisement

Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Small Business Administration's disaster loan program has run out of funding due to high demand from constant extreme weather disasters, the administration announced Tuesday. In a statement, President Joe Biden called the SBA's exhausted disaster loan program "a critical lifeline to small businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by disasters." The SBA's disaster fund running out of money could force Congress to address the dire situation with disaster relief funding once lawmakers return to Capitol Hill in November. "Speaker Johnson has promised that this and other disaster programs will be replenished when Congress returns, so Americans should continue to apply for these loans," Biden said in a statement, adding the SBA "will continue to process applications and will disburse loans as soon as Congress provides the needed funding."

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

The SBA's fund is different than the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund, which provides assistance to individuals impacted by hurricanes. FEMA's fund stands at $8.5 billion as of Tuesday, a FEMA spokesperson told CNN.

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Perhaps CONGRESS should pass more funding.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-10-17 10:56 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy | Copyright 2024 World Readable

Drudge Retort