Disaster Relief Accounts for 0.1 Percent of the Budget

The Post reported that most House Democrats opposed a continuing resolution to keep the government running because it included cuts of $1.5 billion to partially offset an appropriation of $3.65 billion for disaster relief. It would have been worth telling readers that $3.65 billion is approximately 0.1 percent of the budget, whereas the $1.5 billion in cuts is equal to 0.04 percent of spending. Many readers would not know how large these sums are in total federal spending or relative to the d...