How can this piece of filth say he'll do anything to defend the homeland when he pulls stunts like this?

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Bush budget doesn't meet hopes on flood control; boosts CalFed

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
Last Updated: February 6, 2006, 10:25:22 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's $2.77 trillion budget plan for 2007 proposes less than a third the amount California lawmakers wanted for flood control in Napa.

The Bush budget released Monday proposes $9 million to complete a flood protection project in the county, where flooding over the New Year's weekend damaged 1,200 homes and cost over $100 million.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson, from St. Helena, wrote to Bush last year asking for $31 million to complete the flood improvements. They said that in areas of Napa where the flood plain and bridges already had been improved, there was little damage from the storms.

Bush's past budget requests also have underfunded the project but lawmakers have been able to find some more money for it.

Hurricane Katrina has focused attention on the need for better flood protection, and California lawmakers were also looking for money for a series of flood control projects around Sacramento. Details on those were expected later Monday.

Bush's budget also would boost spending for the California Federal Bay-Delta water program, but delete money to help states pay the cost of jailing illegal immigrants - something that costs California more than $750 million a year.

Bush has also tried in past budgets to get rid of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, but Congress has not gone along. Lawmakers found $405 million for the program in 2006. California gets about 40 percent of the money.

CalFed, the state-federal program to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, gets a proposed $38.6 million in the Bureau of Reclamation's budget, up from $37 million in 2006. That's good news because the overall Bureau of Reclamation budget declines as Bush looks to squeeze government programs.

California officials were scanning the budget to see how other programs critical to the state would fare - including the C-17 transport plane built in Long Beach and targeted for shut-down by the Pentagon.

The plan for the 2007 budget year that begins next Oct. 1 still must be approved by Congress.