Landrieu Threatens White House to Get Levee Funding

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2006 The Louisiana senator says she will hold Bush's executive-branch nominees hostage until he agrees to more funding for the Katrina-ravaged state. (This was the woman whom Anderson Cooper famously chewed out, saying she was out of touch in the wake of the hurricane. Guess she toughened up since then.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )