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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 2011
Page
8
The Senate backed a 6 billion spending cut package to fund the government through April 8, bringing total GOP cuts to 10 billion since January. The measure passed 87 13 in the Senate after House approval, while Obama threatens a veto over a larger 61 billion cuts bill lacking Senate support.
The House passed a bill 228 to 192 to terminate federal support for NPR. Republicans frame it as sound fiscal policy while Democrats call it ideological, risking local access to programs like Car Talk and All Things Considered. Seven Republicans voted against the measure.
President Obama sought to reassure Americans that harmful radiation from the Fukushima crisis is unlikely to reach the United States as officials warn the situation may take weeks to stabilize. He called for a comprehensive NRC safety review and noted U S reactors provide about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. The first evacuees left Japan on a U S flight while Homeland Security screened passengers and cargo for radiation.
In Rikuzentakata and surrounding towns the elderly faced the hardest toll from the quake and tsunami. Families search morgues for missing relatives while hospitals lose power and water. Generators and supplies arrive as relief workers shift to body retrieval and medicine delivery for patients at risk.
Philanthropy experts say the belief that Japan’s wealth reduces outside aid hurts private U S donations. By Wednesday the American Red Cross had raised 47 million for Japan versus 92.3 million after the Haiti quake. Relief groups urge immediate funds to deliver blankets water and food to hardest hit areas.
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