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Democrats push to speed Katrina aid
Reuters   Friday, 16 February 2007

A woman walks past a pile of debris in a neighborhood, damaged by last year's Hurricane Katrina, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, August 24, 2006. In an effort to speed up aid to U.S. Gulf Coast states devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita more than a year ago, House Democrats on Thursday unveiled legislation to waive state matching requirements for federal aid for Mississippi and Louisiana. (Lee Celano/Reuters)Reuters - In an effort to speed up aid to U.S. Gulf Coast states devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita more than a year ago, House Democrats on Thursday unveiled legislation to waive state matching requirements for federal aid for Mississippi and Louisiana.


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