Is there one fiscal conservative left in D.C.? Money for Katrina recovery? Fine...as long as not one penny of taxpayer money is wasted. Both parties have sold out, and in doing so, lost any and all conscience when it comes to blowing our
taxpayer money.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15587326/Under scrutiny
Four of the largest Katrina contracts currently under review by the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general. The companies have denied that political connections played a factor in their contract awards.
BECHTEL GROUP INC., San Francisco
— Value of contracts: $250 million, on top of previous no-bid work of up to $575 million
— Contributions: More than $1.3 million since 2000, primarily to Republicans
— Also: CEO Riley Bechtel served on Bush’s Export Council from 2003-2004
CH2M HILL COMPANIES LTD., Englewood, Colo.
— Value of contracts: $250 million, on top of previous no-bid work of up to $500 million
— Contributions: Nearly $1 million since 1999, primarily to Republican National Committee and other Republicans
— Also: Roughly $500 million in previous government contracts
FLUOR CORP., Irving, Tex.
— Value of contracts: $250 million, on top of previous no-bid work of up to $1.4 billion
— Contributions: More than $930,000 since 2000, primarily to Republicans
— Also: Contracts awarded to subsidiary Del-Jen Industries also under review
THE SHAW GROUP INC., Baton Rouge, La.
— Value of contracts: $250 million, on top of previous no-bid work of up to $950 million
— Contributions: Roughly $290,000 since 2000, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans
— Also: Former FEMA director Joe Allbaugh, a longtime friend of President Bush, is Shaw’s registered lobbyist and business consultant
Sources: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hoover’s, Taxpayers for Common Sense
— The Associated Press