Senate Republicans nix Katrina investigation
Washington -
An investigation into the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the emergency response to the disaster was voted down yesterday in the senate along strict party lines, with Republicans opting not to form a bipartisan independent panel to investigate the tragedy.
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) proposed the investigative panel be enacted but failed to find any republican support for such a venture.
In a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll taken Sept. 8-11, 70 percent of those surveyed supported an independent panel to investigate the government's response to Katrina.
On `Fox News Sunday", Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) said he would give "the entire big government organized relief effort a failing grade, across the board." But, he added that state and local governments shared in the blame, too.
The final vote in the senate was 54 republicans against, 44 democrats for, with Vitter abstaining.
This reminds me of the days before another independent investigation.
Politics dictating truth produces neither good politics, nor reliable truth.
An investigation into the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the emergency response to the disaster was voted down yesterday in the senate along strict party lines, with Republicans opting not to form a bipartisan independent panel to investigate the tragedy.
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) proposed the investigative panel be enacted but failed to find any republican support for such a venture.
In a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll taken Sept. 8-11, 70 percent of those surveyed supported an independent panel to investigate the government's response to Katrina.
On `Fox News Sunday", Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) said he would give "the entire big government organized relief effort a failing grade, across the board." But, he added that state and local governments shared in the blame, too.
The final vote in the senate was 54 republicans against, 44 democrats for, with Vitter abstaining.
This reminds me of the days before another independent investigation.
Politics dictating truth produces neither good politics, nor reliable truth.
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