"You Want Lies With That?"

[Carla in Ca]

DEMOCRATS CRITICIZE US ACCOUNTING OF KATRINA MONEY

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23421482.html>



WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The Bush administration has failed to provide enough details on how billions of dollars in emergency funds for Gulf Coast states hit by Hurricane Katrina were being spent, a senior Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday.

"We asked for specific information on how they (FEMA) are awarding contracts and who contracts are going to," said Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.

"Instead of telling us who is doing what and how, we got a few spreadsheets."

The information provided by the administration lists broad allocations of funds for a range of government programs, such as $2.3 billion for "housing assistance," $3.1 billion for "missions" under a category called "operations," and $3.5 billion for "missions" under a category called "administration of field operations."

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Besides asking for details on the awarding of contracts, Obey and Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the Senate Appropriations Committee senior Democrat, have asked for details on credit card purchases by government officials.

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The last paragraph is very interesting. So much was made of the evacuees expenditures, but how much would you bet that the feds are, shall we say, misusing their credit cards...big time!

[ClintonTyree]

1. Just like Iraq........

how many suitcases full of $100 bills are being "managed" at home and abroad? The bottom line, much of this money will find it's way to bush's cronies, not the Hurricane or Iraqi victims. That's just the way the Republicans do business, and business is good. Besides, it will all "trickle down" eventually, right? :shrug:

[Carla in Ca]

2. But hey, they are doing their best to cut the pork!