Sandy Pork And The Lesson Of Katrina

By: Breeanne Howe (Diary)  |  January 14th at 08:42 PM  | 

  Although Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Atlantic Coast more than 2 months ago, the debate over disaster relief is still raging. While more than $2 billion in aid has been spent by FEMA on the recovery from Sandy, the controversy began after the House failed to vote on a $60 billion Sandy aid bill in the last session of Congress. The bill was denied passage | Read More »

Obama’s ‘Disaster’ Aid Package

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  December 17th at 12:52 PM  | 

Democrats live by the dictum “never let a good crisis go to waste.”  What better way to insert their campaign wish list into a Hurricane Sandy disaster aid bill? To that end, Obama has submitted a $60.4 billion dollar aid request for recovery of damage from Hurricane Sandy.  His proposal is chock full of items from his campaign wish list, and will be considered before | Read More »