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Iowa should not be held hostage to the majority playing politics. Iowa and the Midwest need help now. We were quick to pass bills that provided assistance and weren't loaded down with pet projects for New York City after 9-11 and for Louisiana after Katrina. It really irks me when some people say they don't think that our disaster is as important as Katrina and others were. Iowans have a can do attitude. But just because we're not on the nightly news for two months, it doesn't mean the hurt our communities are feeling is any less.