Senate-passed $60.4 billion Sandy aid package heads to tight-fisted House

The $60.4 billion emergency-aid package for Hurricane Sandy victims that the Senate has passed now faces an uncertain, final vote Sunday in the Republican-controlled House, which has expressed a desire to pass a less-expensive bill in the final days of the lame duck session.
The measure passed the Democrat-controlled Senate on Friday by a 62-32 vote, after Republicans failed to pass amendments that would have cut the package to $24 billion.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that only about $9 billion of the $60.4 billion would be spent over the next nine months.
The House is scheduled to vote at 2 p.m. Sunday but is focused heavily on a possible

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