“The top Congressional Democrats announced their opposition Thursday to the creation of a GOP-led bicameral committee to examine federal, state and local relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, ROLL CALL reported Thursday morning. Excerpts follow (full paid article),” reports Raw Story’s John Byrne.
Calling it a sham and a charade, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.) said she will not appoint anyone from her Caucus to the
joint committee. And Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will
urge his Democratic colleagues not to serve on the panel, a senior
aide said Thursday morning. … Read more
