People need to ‘calm down’ about possible RNC hurricane, says former FEMA director Michael Brown
'Heck of a job?' Former FEMA director says RNC doing a good job ahead of hurricane - TheDC
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One small Texas town's remarkable volunteer wildfire reponse - TheDC
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‘The federal government cannot be everywhere at every moment. You have to help yourself’
Texas official: FEMA bureaucracy was 'convoluted, time-consuming' during wildfires - TheDC
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‘Frustrations experienced in navigating the recovery process and assistance programs were tremendous’
Congress avoids government shutdown yet again - TheDC
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House passes bill to fund the government through November, as Republicans back down from cuts to Department of Energy programs
Senate reaches deal to avert shutdown - TheDC
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Lawmakers reach agreement after FEMA announces it doesn’t immediately need additional funding
Senate aide: FEMA has more money than thought - AP
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If the estimate is accurate, the agency won’t need additional funds and the cause for the current gridlock will disappear
Pelosi: Dems won't support spending cuts to pay for disaster aid - TheDC
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‘Assistance at the time of a natural disaster, it should not be a controversial issue, it hasn’t been before’
Republican stop-gap measure fails in House over FEMA funding - TheDC
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Failure means the threat of government shutdown at the end of the month
Pennsylvania home owners getting soaked by new indoor sprinkler mandate - TheDC
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Some Pennsylvania residents think a new rule mandating costly sprinkler installation in new homes is all wet
TheDC Morning: FEMA forgets about half a billion in misspent money - TheDC
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With ACORN, where there's smoke... - TheDC
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How ACORN got half a million in taxpayer dollars for ‘fire prevention’
Investigation finds FEMA improperly awarded grant to ACORN affiliate - NYT
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FEMA improperly awarded a $450,000 grant for fire safety and prevention to a New Orleans affiliate of ACORN
The last chance for the GOP
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If the GOP doesn’t embrace conservatism this time around, a conservative third party will emerge.
Mr. President, don't deliver the State of the Union speech. Go to Kinko's and have it printed
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The country would be better off if Obama didn’t deliver his next SOTU address to Congress.
Liberals desperate to connect Tea Party with domestic terrorism - TheDC
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Southern Poverty Law Center releases reports attempting to link political activism with extremism
Katrina demonstrated the danger of big government
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As government grows, it becomes more bureaucratic and less able to respond to crises.
Even Katrina had a silver lining
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A lot of good has come from Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, which gave New Orleanians an opportunity to remake a broken city.
Government: the greatest villain in Katrina tragedy
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Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the biggest adversary for the people of Louisiana continues to be government at all levels — local, state and especially federal.
The worst federal disaster response in our nation's history
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President Obama wishes everyone would stop talking about the oil spill. His federal government’s response has been incompetent at best, malevolent at worst
10 reasons why Republicans could come up short in the mid-term elections
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I don’t mean to be a speed bump at the Indy 500, but here are 10 ways the GOP might have less to celebrate on the morning of November 3rd
