Bill would ensure that downstate Illinois communities devastated by severe weather are not penalized based on total state population
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today introduced their bipartisan legislation to bring consistency and fairness to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s disaster declaration process. Kirk and Durbin first introduced their Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act after FEMA denied federal assistance to communities – including Harrisburg and Ridgway…
