House Passes $50 Billion in Sandy Relief

More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the heavily populated northeast, the House approved $50.7 billion in emergency relief for the victims.

The vote was 241-180, and officials said the Senate was likely to accept the measure early next week and send it to President Barack Obama for his signature.

Democrats supported the aid in large numbers, while majority Republicans opposed it by a lopsided margin.

Democrats were more politically pointed as they brushed back southern conservatives who sought either to reduce the measure or offset part of its cost through spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.