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        Grassroots efforts to address the Gulf Coast's housing crisis are growing just as a federal judge has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to resume rental aid to Gulf Coast residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 30, 2006 -
        
  
        New Orleanians -- those still living in the city as well as those displaced by last year's hurricanes -- will gather Saturday, Dec. 2 at locations across the country to help set priorities for their city's rebuilding.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 30, 2006 -
        
  
        Update from NC-8: Democratic challenger Larry Kissell has conceded to Rep. Robin Hayes halfway through the recount after finding only two new votes. You may recall that Rep.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 29, 2006 -
        
  
        Earlier today, I reported on the 600,000 kids in 17 states that are at risk of losing health insurance, thanks to a $921 million shortfall in federal spending for the Children's Health Insurance Program.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 29, 2006 -
        
  
        Speaking of the problems plaguing New Orleans' justice system since Katrina, today's Times-Picayune has a story about a man who came to help rebuild the city -- and ended up spendin
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 29, 2006 -
        
  
        As many as a third of the people now living in the New Orleans area say they may leave within the next two years due to poor quality of life in the storm-stricken city.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 29, 2006 -
        
  
        The State Children's Health Insurance Program, by most measures, has been a big success. Jointly funded by states and the federal government, SCHIP now covers over 4 million kids, most of whom otherwise wouldn't have access to health care.