Washington (CNN) -  Northeastern lawmakers scrambled Thursday to
address Republican concerns that could stall swift passage of a
massive emergency spending bill to aid the victims of Superstorm
Sandy.  "We members of the New York, New Jersey delegation -
Democrats and Republicans alike - have always been there when
other parts of the nation were struck by disaster," said Sen.
Chuck Schumer, D-New York. "New York tax dollars went to the
Gulf and went to fight forest fires out West and flooding in the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys. And now, unfortunately, we've
been struck, and we hope and really expect our colleagues to
show the same courtesy to us."  At issue is $60.4 billion in
emergency aid the White House wants to rebuild houses, schools,
bridges, tunnels and other infrastructure in New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut that were devastated by the October
storm. The governors of the affected states had asked the
administration for more than $80 billion.  Republicans have
three main concerns. First, they