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States pressure Obama to find $82 billion for federal superstorm relief

President Obama is battling with lawmakers over federal spending. No, not the fiscal cliff. And he’s not even battling Republicans. The White House is jostling with lawmakers from the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut over how much of the tab for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts will be picked up by the feds. […]

Ron Paul says post-Sandy “price gouging” would’ve helped solve the gas shortage

In the ‘In Praise of Price Gouging’ newsletter, Paul argues that price gouging is “normal market response of rising prices in the wake of a natural disaster.”

Obama allies use Romney’s RNC climate change joke in post-Sandy attack ad

Obama allies are using Hurricane Sandy as a political weapon against Mitt Romney. The ad declares, “TELL MITT ROMNEY: CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A JOKE.”

Chris Christie prepares to reschedule Halloween in NJ; FEMA says storm might affect elections

“We are anticipating that, based on the storm, there could be impacts that would linger into next week and have impacts on the federal election,” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said during Monday’s conference call with reporters.