Instead of revising the existing document, the Federal Convention decided to draft an entirely new frame of government.

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The Constitutional Convention and the new Federal Government was created for the purpose of allowing the central government to collect taxes.

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Federal Emergency Management Director Michael Brown told CNN that federal officials were unaware of the crowds at the convention center until Thursday, despite the fact that city officials had been telling people for days to gather there.

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" In his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, he pledged to "go through the federal budget line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work.

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Yet, Brown told CNN's "Paula Zahn Now" Thursday evening that federal officials only found out about the unfolding humanitarian crisis at the convention center earlier in the day -- despite the fact that city officials had been telling people for days to take shelter there.

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In the days after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government left us to die like dogs in front of the Superdome and the Convention Center.

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Then they waited around for days because nobody in the local, state, or federal governments could figure out how to rescue them (or thousands of others stranded nearby, mostly at the convention center).

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