US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday challenged Congress to raise the governments debt limit in order to free up relief spending for Hurricane Harvey, a disaster that the governor of Texas said had caused up to $180bn (£138bn) in damage.
Harvey, which came ashore on 25 August as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, has killed an estimated 50 people, displaced more than 1 million and damaged some 200,000 homes in a path of destruction stretching for more than 300 miles (480 km).
As the city of Houston and the regions critical energy infrastructure began to recover nine days after the storm hit, the debate over how to pay for the disaster played out in Washington.
Texas Governor G…
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