Death toll mounts in Midwest in path of storms

[Guns Guns Guns]

Powerful tornadoes raked across a wide swath of the Midwest and South on Friday, killing at least 28 people in four states and bringing the death toll to at least 41...






This week's violent storms raised fears that 2012 will be another bad year for tornadoes after 550 deaths in the United States were blamed on twisters last year, the deadliest year in nearly a century...









http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-tornadoestre81s2ad-20120229,0,2344369.story

 

[SmarterthanYou]

why isn't obama doing anything about this?

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

why isn't obama doing anything about this?

Who says he won't?

But your Tea-rorist pals have a different take on disaster relief, don't they?


...the White House asked Congress on Friday for an additional $5.1 billion in disaster aid over the next 13 months beyond President Barack Obama’s earlier budget requests.

The immediate impetus is the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene along the East Coast, but the cash problems of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been building for months given the spate of devastating tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest and South this year.

But a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) signaled late Friday that the GOP is likely to insist on offsets for the $500 million in emergency funds...


http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=36732CBC-4F9C-47AD-A7B0-DF0F38710062