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Katrina policy votes and bills in Congress face divided party lines
Congress debated extended Head Start funding through 2011 and Katrina relief. The House approved a Republican plan to form a special Katrina probe while Democrats backed an independent 9/11 style commission. Senate votes blocked an independent Katrina inquiry and considered rising penalties for sex offenders and expanded hate crime protections.
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House
Senate
Jim Jim Leonard
Tom Steve Leach
Nussle
Boswell Latham King
Earl Pomeroy
D-N.d
Robert Scott
D-Va
Nancy Pelosi
Dcalif
James Sensenbrenner
R-Wis
Jim Jim Leonards
Tom Leach
Nussie Boswell Latham
Gulf Coast
Departments of Justice and Commerce