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An epic firestorm pushes the blaze in Colorado Springs, burning hundreds of homes in Mountain Shadows.
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Sens. Bennet and Udall write to the Senate Appropriations Committee asking for EWP funds for Colorado.
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$125 million of EWP funds is included in the Sandy relief bill.
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The first proposal for $125 million of EWP funds passes the Senate. The House was next in line to approve the money, but ultimately didn't, and scratched the EWP money from the final Sandy relief bill.
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Although the Senate approved the Sandy bill, with EWP funds, the bill expires when the House fails to take it up before adjourning.
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When the new Congress takes up the Sandy relief bill, EWP is excluded from the package.
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Congress passes the Sandy relief bill without an amendment to include millions of Emergency Watershed Protection Program money.
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The House approves $48.2 million of EWP funds.
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The U.S. Senate approves $65.5 million for EWP. Next, the proposal has to get approval from the House before heading to the desk of President Barack Obama.
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The House passes the Senate's version of the continuing resolution.
With Congress' blessing, the EWP funds and the continuing resolution pass are headed to President Obama for the final signoff. -
The Natural Resources Conservation Service awards Colorado $19.8 million to divide between the High Park and Waldo Canyon fire watershed protection projects.
