Mo. Republican Roy Blunt says he's carefully watching that will make its way down the Missouri River over the next few days and is already
Blunt told reporters on a weekly conference call on Tuesday that more than could be overtopped as more water is released from upstream dams.
That's a worst-case scenario, and just three of those 50 levees are managed by the federal government. But Blunt says it should force the government to take a close look at infrastructure and its spending priorities.
"We鈥檙e so overwhelmed now by the entitlement side of the budget every other thing that the federal government has done since the Corps of Engineers was founded, for example, seems to be taking a back seat," Blunt said.
In addition he faulted the earmark ban saying most levee projects were specific budget items.
