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“They know the people in the church, and when you pick a location like that, it helps put more people at ease.”

"It's not a stimulus bill. It's an emergency survival bill and we're going to fight for more dollars later,."

A separate bill for $160 billion links state, local and tribal aid to an agreement on liability provisions.

The deaths occurred between Sept. 30 and Oct. 17.

State Senator Pamela Helming calls them a money grab

"My concern is that a lot of people who are not citizens might have been spooked by the back and forth and it is going to be very difficult for people to trust that they will not be asked (a citizenship) question."

Today is the 35th day of the partial government shutdown. For New York Republican congressman Tom Reed that’s 35 days too long.

The shortage of affordable housing is a serious problem across the Southern Tier. On Thursday night in Ithaca, people from different sectors came together to discuss one aspect of the problem -- workforce housing.