Saturday, December 17, 2005

GOP Approves $29B More in Katrina Aid

WASHINGTON/POLITICS

Verlyn Davis, Jr. sits on his new ATV between his trailer and his flooded home in Chalmette, La. Friday, Dec. 16, 2005. Davis did not leave Chalmette during or after Hurricane Katrina, and was involved in rescue efforts. He is currently renovating the house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)COMMENTARY
Merry Christmas hurricane victims, the bill passed before Congress adjourned -- courtesy of the GOP.

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Congress OKs $29 billion more in Katrina aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans agreed Saturday on $29 billion in additional aid for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the other powerful storms that lashed the United States earlier this year, far more than the Bush administration proposed earlier this fall.

TENSION: Tropical depression
GRAVITY: Action talks

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