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FEMA funding faces now familiar congressional wrangling
By Xuan Thai and Tom Cohen | CNN | August 31, 2011
Washington (CNN) -- As rescuers raced Tuesday to free people trapped by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene, Washington politicians bickered over how to pay for it.
The same budget arguments that nearly brought the first government default in history earlier this month now raise questions about whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency will have enough money to deal with Irene's aftermath.
Fema's Budget Disaster
By David Stone and Laura Colarusso | The Daily Beast | August 27, 2011
It’s been a busy year for America’s disaster agency, and that may soon spell disaster for its budget.
City asks full reimbursement for cleanup
By Trent Moore | Cullman Times | August 27, 2011
Obama: 'This is not over'
Mackenzie Weinger | Politico | August 27, 2011
Hurricane Irene left millions without power and significant flooding in its wake — and on Sunday, President Barack Obama said, “this is not over.”
Obama delivered a statement on Hurricane Irene at 5 p.m. on Sunday in the Rose Garden, offering his condolences to those that had lost loved ones and calling Irene “a dangerous storm that continues to produce heavy rains.”
Hurrican Irene set to bleed FEMA, inflame budget scraps in Congress
By Eric Wasson | The Hill | August 27, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Irene blows through Washington, Congress will blow back into town and start fighting about how to pay for the storm and all the other natural disasters that have struck the United States this year.
If the hurricane is truly historic, as President Obama has warned, an emergency disaster appropriations bill would be necessary in September to get the government through to the beginning of fiscal 2012 on Oct. 1, aides said.
Airport improvements a big plus for economic growth
By Lisa Rogers | The Gadsden Times | August 25, 2011
An Instrument Landing System at the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport is expected to make a difference in economic growth in Gadsden and Etowah County.
The system was dedicated Thursday in a ceremony at the airport.
College shows off training center
By Bernie Delinski | Times Daily | August 25, 2011
Training center opens at Northwest-Shoals.
David Demastus didn’t allow a steady stream of people filing through the new Multi-Skilled Training Center to stand in the way of his assignment.
Demastus said he enjoyed working at the lathe machine at the newest addition to Northwest-Shoals Community College’s Phil Campbell campus, in the midst of the training center’s Thursday open house.
Missiles in Courtland?
By Ginger Grantham | Moulton Advertiser | August 25, 2011
Having a vioce in global debates
By R. Spencer Oliver | Consortium News | August 24, 2011
In a rare moment this summer, the seats of the United States delegation were empty when more than 220 parliamentarians from the world’s largest regional security organization gathered in Belgrade for the opening of their annual meeting.
The 17-seat U.S. delegation has the most votes in the 55-nation Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, a body of which Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Maryland, is an elected vice president.