House cancels Friday votes due to Hurricane Florence

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House cancels Friday votes due to Hurricane Florence
By Juliegrace Brufke - 09/13/18 10:36 AM EDT

House GOP leaders on Thursday said they are canceling Friday votes as members brace for Hurricane Florence.

“Members are advised that—upon passage of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R.5895—votes are no longer expected in the House tomorrow, Friday, September 14,” the House majority leader's office wrote in an email.

The Category 2 storm is expected to hit the Carolinas, with likely damage in Virginia as well. Canceling votes will allow lawmakers time to return to their districts ahead of the storm, with the eye of hurricane expected to make landfall early on Friday.

Lawmakers were slated to vote Friday on legislation that would modify the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, which is expected to be taken up after members return from their one-week recess.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/406473-house-cancels-friday-votes-due-to-hurricane-florence

[WilliamVA]

House cancels Friday votes due to Hurricane Florence
By Juliegrace Brufke - 09/13/18 10:36 AM EDT

House GOP leaders on Thursday said they are canceling Friday votes as members brace for Hurricane Florence.

“Members are advised that—upon passage of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R.5895—votes are no longer expected in the House tomorrow, Friday, September 14,” the House majority leader's office wrote in an email.

The Category 2 storm is expected to hit the Carolinas, with likely damage in Virginia as well. Canceling votes will allow lawmakers time to return to their districts ahead of the storm, with the eye of hurricane expected to make landfall early on Friday.

Lawmakers were slated to vote Friday on legislation that would modify the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, which is expected to be taken up after members return from their one-week recess.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/406473-house-cancels-friday-votes-due-to-hurricane-florence

Considering the current forecast for Florence, with landfall either later tonight, or early tomorrow.  Currently a Cat 2,
and after landfall it is expected to turn SouthWest...besides some feederband rainfall later in the weekend or early next
week, not much more for Northern Virginia, and DC.   The kids appear to have jumped the gun a wee bit.

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Considering the current forecast for Florence, with landfall either later tonight, or early tomorrow.  Currently a Cat 2,
and after landfall it is expected to turn SouthWest...besides some feederband rainfall later in the weekend or early next
week, not much more for Northern Virginia, and DC.   The kids appear to have jumped the gun a wee bit.

Wow, the politicos in DC shirk their duties?  Wow, that'd be a first.