While Donald Trump has promised victims of tropical storm Harvey all the funding they need, other Republicans have suggested cutting almost $1bn from federal disaster relief to pay for the President's border wall.

Some Republicans have suggested slashing $876 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster relief account in the next fiscal year. The cut would pay for about half of Mr Trump’s proposed wall on the US border with Mexico.

The proposal is included in the federal spending bill that Congress must pass by the end of next month. It was drafted by two members of the House Appropriations Committee before the storm hit. They are now reconsidering the decision.

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"Circumstances have changed significantly since the bill was drafted earlier this summer," Appropriations Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Hing said on Wednesday. "Given the current situation, the committee is reassessing the issue."

Just last week, Mr Trump threatened to shut down the government if funding for his border wall was not included in the appropriations bill. The President has also suggested a $600m cut to FEMA’s state and local programmes, as part of his 2018 budget proposal.

But on Tuesday, Mr Trump promised to do everything he could to get relief funding to Harvey's victims.

"You're going to see very rapid action from Congress – certainly from the President," he told Texans, adding: "We're going to get your funding."

The tropical storm has caused record rainfall in Houston, sparking mass flooding and driving an estimated 30,000 people from their homes. FEMA Administrator Brock Long said more than 450,000 people are expected to seek disaster assistance.

“Fema is going to be [in Texas] for years,” he told CNN. “This disaster is going to be a landmark event.”

According to the AP, there is only $2.3bn left in Fema’s disaster relief accounts. A senior Democratic aide told CNN that the costs of helping state and local communities will "likely to surpass" this amount.

Shape Created with Sketch. The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Show all 19 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey 1/19 A tattered U.S. flag damaged in Hurricane Harvey, flies in Conroe, Texas Reuters 2/19 Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, as they await to be evacuated with their belongings from Rockport, Texas Reuters 3/19 People line up for food as others rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center AP Photo/LM Otero 4/19 Volunteers with The American Red Cross register evacuees at the George R. Brown Convention Center Reuters/Nick Oxford 5/19 Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard help the residents of Cyprus Creek Reuters 6/19 Residents wade through floodwater Reuters/Nick Oxford 7/19 Residents walk along the flooded roadway of Texas 249 as they evacuate their adjacent neighborhoods EPA 8/19 A man floats past a truck submerged on a freeway flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday AP 9/19 People are rescued by airboat as they evacuate from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 10/19 James Archiable carries his bike through the flooded intersection at Taylor and Usenet near downtown Houston, Texas EPA 11/19 A massive sinkhole opened up on a motorway in Rosenburg, a city 25 miles southwest of Houston, Texas Rosenberg Police 12/19 People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in an armored police mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 13/19 People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on a boat in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 14/19 Evacuees are airlifted in a US Coast Guard helicopter after flooding due to Hurricane Harvey inundated neighborhoods in Houston, Texas Reuters 15/19 Evacuees leave a US Coast Guard helicopter after being rescued from flooding due to Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas Reuters 16/19 Residents look on at a submerged motorway during a break in the rain in Houston, Texas EPA 17/19 People photograph the submerged motorway interchange EPA 18/19 Debris lies on the ground after a building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas AP 19/19 Dominic Dominguez searches for his boat in a boat storage facility that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Harvey near Rockport, Texas EPA 1/19 A tattered U.S. flag damaged in Hurricane Harvey, flies in Conroe, Texas Reuters 2/19 Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, as they await to be evacuated with their belongings from Rockport, Texas Reuters 3/19 People line up for food as others rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center AP Photo/LM Otero 4/19 Volunteers with The American Red Cross register evacuees at the George R. Brown Convention Center Reuters/Nick Oxford 5/19 Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard help the residents of Cyprus Creek Reuters 6/19 Residents wade through floodwater Reuters/Nick Oxford 7/19 Residents walk along the flooded roadway of Texas 249 as they evacuate their adjacent neighborhoods EPA 8/19 A man floats past a truck submerged on a freeway flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday AP 9/19 People are rescued by airboat as they evacuate from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 10/19 James Archiable carries his bike through the flooded intersection at Taylor and Usenet near downtown Houston, Texas EPA 11/19 A massive sinkhole opened up on a motorway in Rosenburg, a city 25 miles southwest of Houston, Texas Rosenberg Police 12/19 People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in an armored police mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 13/19 People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on a boat in Dickinson, Texas Reuters 14/19 Evacuees are airlifted in a US Coast Guard helicopter after flooding due to Hurricane Harvey inundated neighborhoods in Houston, Texas Reuters 15/19 Evacuees leave a US Coast Guard helicopter after being rescued from flooding due to Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas Reuters 16/19 Residents look on at a submerged motorway during a break in the rain in Houston, Texas EPA 17/19 People photograph the submerged motorway interchange EPA 18/19 Debris lies on the ground after a building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas AP 19/19 Dominic Dominguez searches for his boat in a boat storage facility that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Harvey near Rockport, Texas EPA

Despite Mr Trump's promises, the fight for additional emergency funding is never an easy one.

In 2012, for example, a majority of Republicans voted against sending aid to New York and New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy. Both senators from Texas, and a majority of the state’s representatives, voted against the $50.4bn aid package that ultimately passed Congress.

Their northeastern colleagues, however, say they don’t hold it against them now.

"Ted Cruz & Texas cohorts voted vs NY/NJ aid after Sandy but I'll vote 4 Harvey aid,” New York Representative Rep. Peter King tweeted on Saturday. “NY wont abandon Texas. 1 bad turn doesnt deserve another.”

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