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House passes Puerto Rico aid in face of Trump veto threat

by Associated Press
| February 7, 2020 10:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday passed a $20 billion-plus aid package for Puerto Rico, where a swarm of earthquakes last month set back the island territory's slow, troubled recovery from the hurricane devastation of 2017.

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