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	<title>Comments on: How The Right Spells Sacrifice: T-A-X C-U-T-S</title>
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		<title>By: benjamin drake</title>
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		<dc:creator>benjamin drake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just letting you know - your site is fantastic! collective, greedy, curious nothing comparative to tremendous: http://www.commondreams.org/ , when Opponents Con Grass Hope &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theage.com.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;right chips will anticipate mistery without any questions&lt;/a&gt; , right Table will Make Chips without any questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lazy, astonishing, full nothing comparative to small&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just letting you know &#8211; your site is fantastic! collective, greedy, curious nothing comparative to tremendous: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.commondreams.org/</a> , when Opponents Con Grass Hope <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/" rel="nofollow">right chips will anticipate mistery without any questions</a> , right Table will Make Chips without any questions <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/" rel="nofollow">lazy, astonishing, full nothing comparative to small</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=274431', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiener</title>
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		<dc:creator>wiener</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I heart Bill Clinton</description>
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		<title>By: wiener</title>
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		<dc:creator>wiener</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I </description>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; BREAKING: Despite Katrina, Frist Will Call Vote on Estate Tax Repeal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; BREAKING: Despite Katrina, Frist Will Call Vote on Estate Tax Repeal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As they did after 9/11 and during the lead-up to the Iraq war, conservatives have chosen tax cuts for the most wealthy and well-off, rather than the spirit of shared national sacrifice. What a stark contrast to the outpouring of generosity being shown by the American people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As they did after 9/11 and during the lead-up to the Iraq war, conservatives have chosen tax cuts for the most wealthy and well-off, rather than the spirit of shared national sacrifice. What a stark contrast to the outpouring of generosity being shown by the American people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119939', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#1, funny how they ALWAYS TURN TO CLINTON when they NEED HELP WITH ISSUES!

I can&#039;t believe PRESIDENT Clinton would associate with these nazi-funding corporate thiefs!  

We are talking about a former PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE, on TV with a former president OF THE CORPORATIONS.

I suppose he is trying to help the victims, but to do so in such company does make me wonder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#1, funny how they ALWAYS TURN TO CLINTON when they NEED HELP WITH ISSUES!</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe PRESIDENT Clinton would associate with these nazi-funding corporate thiefs!  </p>
<p>We are talking about a former PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE, on TV with a former president OF THE CORPORATIONS.</p>
<p>I suppose he is trying to help the victims, but to do so in such company does make me wonder.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119680', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/how-the-right-spells-sacrifice-t-a-x-c-u-t-s/comment-page-1/#comment-119446</link>
		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THESE PEOPLE START WARS!!!

THEY DON&#039;T FIGHT THEM!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THESE PEOPLE START WARS!!!</p>
<p>THEY DON&#8217;T FIGHT THEM!!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119446', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#18, and you remember in the 1980&#039;s when a MOTHER OF A FALLEN SOLDIER of Vietnam wanted to KNOW WHAT NOBLE CAUSE HER CHILD DIED FOR.... and DUMBYA THE SMARTER RESPONDED:


Shut up, JUST SHUT UP!!!, YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK!!!!


remember?????  huh?????   SAME SONG, SAME DANCE!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#18, and you remember in the 1980&#8217;s when a MOTHER OF A FALLEN SOLDIER of Vietnam wanted to KNOW WHAT NOBLE CAUSE HER CHILD DIED FOR&#8230;. and DUMBYA THE SMARTER RESPONDED:</p>
<p>Shut up, JUST SHUT UP!!!, YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK!!!!</p>
<p>remember?????  huh?????   SAME SONG, SAME DANCE!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119445', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#16, whoo hoo and amen!</description>
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		<title>By: Bobby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me review -- Chertoff of Homeland Security is friendly with Michael Brown of FEMA. Chertoff is a former staffer who worked on Clinton&#039;s impeachment, so the Republicans owe him.  Brown is a golfing buddy of Bush (and probably knows his true handicap) so Bushie owes him. Can I refer to Bush and truth in the same sentence?  I think it&#039;s an oxymoron.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me review &#8212; Chertoff of Homeland Security is friendly with Michael Brown of FEMA. Chertoff is a former staffer who worked on Clinton&#8217;s impeachment, so the Republicans owe him.  Brown is a golfing buddy of Bush (and probably knows his true handicap) so Bushie owes him. Can I refer to Bush and truth in the same sentence?  I think it&#8217;s an oxymoron.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119176', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#24 Mondo   Nice post to NED the freakin&#039; Bushloving nutcase.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#24 Mondo   Nice post to NED the freakin&#8217; Bushloving nutcase.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=119146', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lee A, Arnold</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee A, Arnold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If your computer can play little web-movies, go to http://ecolanguage.net/ and scroll down to &quot;The Bush Tax Cuts.&quot;  It&#039;s a 14-minute flow chart animation, showing the distribution of income and wealth BEFORE and AFTER the Bush tax cuts 2001 - 2003.  Very educational.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If your computer can play little web-movies, go to <a href="http://ecolanguage.net/" rel="nofollow">http://ecolanguage.net/</a> and scroll down to &#8220;The Bush Tax Cuts.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a 14-minute flow chart animation, showing the distribution of income and wealth BEFORE and AFTER the Bush tax cuts 2001 &#8211; 2003.  Very educational.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118970', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: duh</title>
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		<dc:creator>duh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes mondo - you spanked him with facts - facts are indeed inconvenient to these support Bush NO matter what fascist like our esteemed NED.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes mondo &#8211; you spanked him with facts &#8211; facts are indeed inconvenient to these support Bush NO matter what fascist like our esteemed NED.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118915', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cynical ex-hippie</title>
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		<dc:creator>cynical ex-hippie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the guitar picture, the country star has a look on his face like he&#039;s thinking, &quot;Why are you here playing guitar?&quot;

Or maybe he&#039;s trying not to point out that Bush is trying to play a C chord a whole step out of key.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the guitar picture, the country star has a look on his face like he&#8217;s thinking, &#8220;Why are you here playing guitar?&#8221;</p>
<p>Or maybe he&#8217;s trying not to point out that Bush is trying to play a C chord a whole step out of key.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118894', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wisedup</title>
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		<dc:creator>wisedup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thou shall not kill Pat Robertson....but could I just choke him a little?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thou shall not kill Pat Robertson&#8230;.but could I just choke him a little?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118883', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mondo - nicely done.  Typical freakish wingnut talking points don&#039;t hold up well to basic scrutiny at times like this.  Poor NED.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mondo &#8211; nicely done.  Typical freakish wingnut talking points don&#8217;t hold up well to basic scrutiny at times like this.  Poor NED.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118878', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: brain-noogie</title>
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		<dc:creator>brain-noogie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You don&#039;t have to spank Northeast to get shit out of him, you just have to let him talk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don&#8217;t have to spank Northeast to get shit out of him, you just have to let him talk.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118874', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Citizen80203</title>
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		<dc:creator>Citizen80203</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is just unbelievable that FEMA would link to Pat Robertson after last week. But FEMA was gutted and filled with political cockroach appointments, so it is probably right in line with the new management.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is just unbelievable that FEMA would link to Pat Robertson after last week. But FEMA was gutted and filled with political cockroach appointments, so it is probably right in line with the new management.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118856', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mondo</title>
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		<dc:creator>mondo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did I just spank the shit out of Northeast Dimwit or what?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did I just spank the shit out of Northeast Dimwit or what?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118855', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kindness</title>
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		<dc:creator>kindness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow talk about deja-vu.  nice work citizen.  You beat me to the post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow talk about deja-vu.  nice work citizen.  You beat me to the post.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118851', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mondo</title>
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		<dc:creator>mondo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You want to talk about &quot;Louisiana Democrats&quot;. Sucker pulease. Get your facts straight. It was Sen. Landrieu who&#039;s been screaming about this levee for 3 years! Idiot. Here, let me help you out...

&lt;i&gt; 
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Despite continuous warnings from Sen. Landrieu that a catastrophic hurricane could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years have repeatedly denied full funding for hurricane preparation and flood control.&lt;/b&gt;

That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans&#039; neighborhoods.

For instance, the &lt;b&gt;U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million&lt;/b&gt; for this fiscal year to pay for hurricane-protection projects around Lake Pontchartrain. &lt;b&gt;The Bush administration countered with $3.9 million,&lt;/b&gt; and Congress eventually provided $5.7 million, according to figures provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

Because of the shortfalls, which were caused in part by the rising &lt;b&gt;costs of the war in Iraq, the corps delayed seven contracts that included enlarging the levees, according to corps documents.&lt;/b&gt;



Similarly, the &lt;b&gt;Army Corps requested $78 million &lt;/b&gt;for this fiscal year for projects that would improve draining and prevent flooding in New Orleans. The &lt;b&gt;Bush administration&#039;s budget provided $30 million&lt;/b&gt; for the projects, and Congress ultimately approved $36.5 million, according to Landrieu&#039;s office.&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You want to talk about &#8220;Louisiana Democrats&#8221;. Sucker pulease. Get your facts straight. It was Sen. Landrieu who&#8217;s been screaming about this levee for 3 years! Idiot. Here, let me help you out&#8230;</p>
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</i><i> <b>Despite continuous warnings from Sen. Landrieu that a catastrophic hurricane could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years have repeatedly denied full funding for hurricane preparation and flood control.</b></p>
<p>That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans&#8217; neighborhoods.</p>
<p>For instance, the <b>U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million</b> for this fiscal year to pay for hurricane-protection projects around Lake Pontchartrain. <b>The Bush administration countered with $3.9 million,</b> and Congress eventually provided $5.7 million, according to figures provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).</p>
<p>Because of the shortfalls, which were caused in part by the rising <b>costs of the war in Iraq, the corps delayed seven contracts that included enlarging the levees, according to corps documents.</b></p>
<p>Similarly, the <b>Army Corps requested $78 million </b>for this fiscal year for projects that would improve draining and prevent flooding in New Orleans. The <b>Bush administration&#8217;s budget provided $30 million</b> for the projects, and Congress ultimately approved $36.5 million, according to Landrieu&#8217;s office.</i><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=118850', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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