GOP committee chairmen made that point so forcefully that the idea was scrapped. "The beauty of taking the cuts out of Medicaid and student loan programs. by happy contrast. is that it does not reduce the flow of funds to the Republican campaign committees by a single dime. "Even before the rightwing House leadership capitulated to the even further rightwing House rank and file. the governments response to Katrina already appeared to be driven more by laissezfaire ideology than by need or common sense. The administration has opposed efforts by Senate Finance Committee Chairman CHARLES GRASSLEY to extend Medicaid coverage to those Katrina survivors who lost their jobs and health insurance in the flood. And by suspending the requirements of the DavisBacon Act that construction workers on federally funded reconstruction efforts be paid the prevailing wage. President Bush has ensured that much of that work will be done by illegal immigrants. as one New York Times report on the Mexican workers rebuilding Gulfport. Mississippi made abundantly clear." The article goes on. Mr.
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