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  • Image Problem Is Costing Louisiana

    12/03/2005 1:07:40 PM PST · by abb · 53 replies · 1,388+ views
    LA Times ^ | Dec 3, 2005 | Mary Curtius
    WASHINGTON — After battling in Congress for months to get more federal money for their hurricane-ravaged state, some Louisiana officials have come to believe they are up against something more than concerns about the budget deficit or conflicting visions of reconstruction. Maybe, they speculate, their colleagues just don't trust them. What is clear is that the initial outpouring of sympathy for victims in the state hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina has been replaced on Capitol Hill by a climate of suspicion — even resentment — toward what is seen as an increasingly demanding supplicant. Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) echoed...