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VO Then the Bush administration awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton and other crony corporations for relief and reconstruction. In Sept 2005 the Wall Street Journal warned that they were bringing “many of the contracting practices blamed for spending abuses in Iraq.”

A year later, waste and fraud was estimated at up to $2 billion, New Orleans and the Gulf are still in shambles, lacking basic services and housing. And engineers fear the New Orleans levees are still not strong enough.

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VO: Why wasn’t the Republican Congress demanding that the federal government do its duty to the American people?

Why aren’t they watching how that money is spent? Why aren’t they asking questions and demanding answers on behalf of the American people they represent?

An arrogant Republican leadership won’t allow real investigations or oversight. They close down committee hearings rather than let Democrats ask questions. They won’t allow a bill to be voted on that they don’t approve. They refuse to find the facts or to fix what’s broken.

No answers.
No action.

America is less safe, and less fair. Our government is broken.