"I think it'll happen very quickly," Trump said Monday of an aid package that could rival those enacted after Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. Asked if the natural disaster would make him reconsider a shutdown, Trump said: "I think it has nothing to do with it, really. Many Republicans opposed the full $51 billion aid package, which included a $34 billion amendment by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., that included grants for housing and other repairs patterned after the Katrina response. Texas Republicans overwhelmingly voted against the final Sandy aid bill. The state's two senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, opposed the aid package along with more than 20 House Republicans representing Texas.

Source: ABC News August 29, 2017 08:03 UTC