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Black lawmakers want more say in Katrina recovery
AP via NOLA ^
| 11/3/2005
| JEFFREY McMURRAY
Posted on 11/03/2005 10:20:20 PM PST by ncountylee
WASHINGTON (AP) Black lawmakers asked on Thursday for more influence in the federal effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast, proposing legislation to address social problems they say the Republican-led Congress is overlooking.
All 42 U.S. House members of the Congressional Black Caucus have signed on to the measure, which includes a long list of health, housing and education provisions. It also would guarantee victims a monetary grant similar to the ones doled out for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The caucus' chairman, Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., said he didn't have a cost estimate because it was unclear how many Gulf Coast residents have been forced to move. He floated $200 billion as a ballpark figure for the overall recovery.
"One of the things we're worried about is that our government, perhaps, would just as soon forget about those people and let them go where they are and fend for themselves," Watt said. "That is inconsistent with what we said as a nation we would do for the victims of this hurricane."
At a news conference, Watt and other caucus members suggested that the Bush administration has ignored their advice about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, even though a large percentage of hurricane victims were black.
"It would be the height of irresponsibility on the part of the president, on the part of this Republican-led Congress, not to make sure that the Congressional Black Caucus has a seat at the table as a strong, genuine partner," said Rep. David Scott, D-Ga.
The bill would create a victim restoration fund, modeled after the one for terror victims, in which a special master would evaluate how much each victim should be paid in order to rebuild his home to "pre-Katrina condition."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Louisiana
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To: ncountylee
create a victim restoration fund, modeled after the one for terror victims This would cost trillions.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:22:52 PM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
How about the "Leadership" in Louisiana take charge?
What a freaking revolutionary thought...
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:23:14 PM PST
by
Danae
(Most Liberals don't drink the Kool-aide, they are licking the powder right out of the packet.)
To: ncountylee
"It would be the height of irresponsibility on the part of the president, on the part of this Republican-led Congress, not to make sure that the Congressional Black Caucus has a seat at the table as a strong, genuine partner," said Rep. David Scott, D-Ga.No problem...but first you need to go out and win a majority of the elections for House and Senate seats. That's how the process works.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:25:29 PM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: ncountylee
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:26:04 PM PST
by
sourcery
(Either the Constitution trumps stare decisis, or else the Constitution is a dead letter.)
To: ncountylee
...victim restoration fund...The long coveted Racial Reparations, by any other name...
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:28:19 PM PST
by
kromike
To: ncountylee
"make sure that the Congressional Black Caucus has a seat at the table as a strong, genuine partner," said Rep. David Scott, D-Ga.No way. The Congressional Black Caucus are all racist scum.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:28:58 PM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: ncountylee
I guess if blacks hadn't aborted those 20 million some odd babies and raised them not to commit felonies, there would be a lot more black voters.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:33:13 PM PST
by
308MBR
(The cornbread will be no better than the lard.)
To: ncountylee
"This would cost trillions." Of course. That's what they want. I'm so glad I don't work and pay income or social security taxes.....LOL....I make my husband do THAT.
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:34:08 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(DEMS....40 yrs and $$$dollars for the War on Poverty, but NOT a $$ or minute for the WAR on Terror!)
To: ncountylee
They can't have more say, that would be racist, and maybe against the best interest of the minority caucasion/latin/asian population of New Orleans.
To: ncountylee
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posted on
11/03/2005 10:53:18 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
To: ncountylee
These lunatic rantings are exactly why Black folk in America have no political power whatsoever. And.....what little political power they have, they are frittering away rapidly. Sad, and a continued waste of humanity led by the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democrat Party.
To: ncountylee
...proposing legislation to address social problems they say the Republican-led Congress is overlooking.
There can't be any social problems left after 40 years of liberalism/great society giveaways.
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:18:08 AM PST
by
ComputerGuy
(An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy)
To: ncountylee
I want about three-fiddy.
To: ncountylee
"It would be the height of irresponsibility on the part of the president, on the part of this Republican-led Congress, not to make sure that the Congressional Black Caucus has a seat at the table as a strong, genuine partner," said Rep. David Scott, D-Ga.
No. Since it is desirable that the Katrina recovery effort come to a successful end at some reasonable point in time, it would be the height of irresponsibility to give a seat at the table to the Congressional Black Caucus. The Caucus is all about promoting the perpetual victim-hood of blacks in spite of decades of Federal antipoverty assistance.
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posted on
11/04/2005 3:34:17 AM PST
by
Captain Rhino
(If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense!)
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