Pelosi Outlines Contours Of Emerging Disaster Relief Package.

The article reports that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she is putting together a natural disaster relief package for states affected by Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Western wildfires, severe tornadoes and record flooding that hit the Midwest this summer. Pelosi did not say how much funding she wants to provide. House and Senate Democrats hope to pass the package before Congress adjourns for the year.