National Demos promise fast aid for La.

[funkybutt]

Bills would hit soon if party takes House

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1157011666225860.xml&coll=1

Bills to help Katrina-stricken Gulf Coast residents by streamlining the insurance-claims process, making more affordable housing available, restoring coastal wetlands and giving states a bigger share of royalties on oil and gas produced off their coastlines will be among the first measures to be proposed if the Democrats take control of Congress in the November elections, members of that party's House caucus said Wednesday in New Orleans.

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The briefing came at the end of a three-day trip that 25 House Democrats -- including their leader, Nancy Pelosi of California -- made at their own expense on the first anniversary of Katrina's assault to inspect the damage the storm inflicted on Louisiana and Mississippi.

"We were on hallowed ground, where people have lost their homes and their hearts," Pelosi said at a caucus breakfast. "This visit has convinced us that we need to do more."

*I like the way that sounds!*

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. "Fast aid"?

A year after the fact, it is fast only when compared to the Republi-cons. For the people of Louisiana, it is many months late.