Bush Requests $51.8 Billion More for Relief

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By Jonathan Weisman and Amy Goldstein
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 8, 2005; Page A01

President Bush sent Congress a request for $51.8 billion in additional hurricane relief yesterday, raising Katrina's cost to the federal government to $62.3 billion so far, easily a record for domestic disaster relief."