The Republican Congress Response to Hurricane Katrina Was

question 95

Multiple Choice

The Republican Congress response to Hurricane Katrina was:

• A) a social welfare package akin to the War on Poverty of the 1960s.
• B) a modest relief effort paid for by an increase in taxes.
• C) nothing; they thought it was up to local and state authorities.
• D) to cut funding for Medicaid, food stamps, and other social programs to pay for relief.
• E) to ask the international community for support and aid.

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