Senate Democrats' Plan for the Gulf

The Raw Story has an advance version of the Senate Democrats' relief plan for Katrina, covering the following areas. Click through for the details:

• Ensuring health care for all displaced victims
• Getting victims housing
• Getting victims to family members and friends
• Getting students into school
• Bringing victims’ families together and placing them with other families
• Getting victims cash to meet other basic needs
• Providing financial relief to victims and National Guard
• Ensuring victims have access to food
• Restoring order
• Helping victims get jobs
• Supporting the National Guard
• Requiring accountability

This is not meant as a long-term plan, it's just a relief plan, but it's more than I've seen from Senate Republicans or the President. It's a great place to start the conversation.

It's official now, available from Atrios and DailyKos.

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