Congress Sends Puerto Rico Debt Measure to Obama
The Senate passed the bill to assist debt stricken Puerto Rico with a 68-30 vote, three weeks after the House backed the measure and two days before the island is to make a $2 billion payment to creditors according to The Associated Press. Obama has stated that he will sign the legislation quickly once Congress sent it his way. The recession is Puerto Rico has been going on for the last decade, culminating in $70 billion in debt as thousands have left for the U.S. mainland due to businesses closing... Читать дальше...