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November 1, 2007 at 13:07:07

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Katrina Road Home Money Tied Up in Congress

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By Georgianne Nienaber (about the author)     Page 3 of 3 page(s)

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According to the Times Picayune, a spokeswoman for Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., the Democrats' vote-counter in the House, said there are ways to secure the estimated $3.5 billion for Louisiana's home-rebuilding grant program other than attaching it to a bill financing the war in Iraq, which now seems destined to be delayed until April 2008.

Changing the request to "emergency financing” might get it attached to one of the annual governmental spending bills pending in Congress. It could also be passed as a standalone emergency spending bill.

However, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said that until there is a change in the administration's policy in Iraq, the spending bill would not be passed out of his committee.

And even the Democratic Congress failed to dress the wounds of the poor people.


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Georgianne Nienaber is an investigative environmental and political writer. She lives in rural northern Minnesota, New Orleans and South Florida. Her articles have appeared in The Society of Professional Journalists' Online (more...)
 

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Katrina Road Home Money Tied Up in Congress by Vaughn Bruenn on Saturday, Nov 3, 2007 at 12:31:36 AM

 
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