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Because that just means the State Fair of Texas  is right around the corner.</p></div><span class="pub">(Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2017)</span></div><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="5">The measure will replenish depleted emergency accounts as Florida braces for Hurricane Irma and Texas recovers from Harvey.</p><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="6"><i>Check back and refresh this page for the latest update.</i></p><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="7">The House voted overwhelmingly on Friday to send a $15.3 billion disaster aid package to President Donald Trump, overcoming conservative objections to linking the emergency legislation to a temporary increase in America's borrowing authority. 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Since then, he's gained a full pound.</p></div><span class="pub">(Published Friday, Sept. 15, 2017)</span></div><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="17">Conservatives disliked both options. Voting on the debt limit is politically toxic for Republicans, and the deal will make the GOP vote twice ahead of next year's midterm elections.</p><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="18">Fiscal conservatives have clamored for deep cuts in spending in exchange for any increase in the government's borrowing authority. The storm relief measure had widespread support, but the linkage with the debt ceiling left many Republicans frustrated.</p><p class="paragraph" data-pnum="19">"It's like the Washington that Trump campaigned against," said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. 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