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Protesters Greet President Bush in New Orleans

HeadlineMar 09, 2006

In New Orleans, President Bush visited the devastated Lower Ninth Ward on Wednesday where he was met by some protesters. Two young women held up a sign for his motorcade that said, “Where’s my government?” Another man waved a flattened cardboard box on which he had written, “Pres. cut the red tape and help us.” Meanwhile a new report by Center for Public Integrity has found that only 12 states have asked for money from a $2 billion federal fund to help low-income hurricane evacuees. To date only $25 million of the $2 billion fund has been spent. Any state that took in Katrina evacuees could tap into the money to offer cash to those who had at least one child and met certain income guidelines qualifying them as poor.

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