[StBernard] Congress convenes extraordinary recess

[Westley Annis]

Dear Members,

Last week, Congress could not agree on funding for housing and levees in
time for hurricane season before breaking for vacation.  Yet, yesterday,
Congress convened an extraordinary recess to hold hearings about the raid of
Rep Bill Jefferson's office.  They sacrificed their vacation time to draft
legislation that would bar the FBI from searching Congressional offices in
the future!

Please tell Congress how you feel about these actions by our Congress
Members by writing a letter to the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Here are some talking points:

1.  95,000 homes were destroyed by flood water in metro New Orleans due to
broken levees.
2.  Community block grants for housing are still not approved and are in
danger of being slashed in the House.
3.  A recent study by the U.C Berkeley lays the majority of the
responsibility for the flooding on the US Army Corps of Engineers.
4.  Hurricane Season begins on June 1.

Your letter will more likely get published if you use your own words.
Please send your letter in separate emails to:

letters at washpost.com and to letters at nytimes.com

Writing letters not your thing?   Go to:
http://www.levees.org/advocacy/congress1.php and use our letter writing tool
and with one click of a mouse, send a letter to your Congress Members!  The
letter is already there, just add your address and click "Send."

Thank you,
Sandy