CNSNews pointed out a few days ago that the Congressional Black Caucus has not yet distributed any of the money it raised for Katrina victims.

The CBCF then launched its own relief fund on Sept. 21, with a stated goal of raising $1 million to help Gulf Coast residents rebuild their lives. As Cybercast News Service previously reported, the CBCF claimed immediate success, telling reporters on Sept. 21 that it had already received $700,000 in corporate pledges.

But on Wednesday, exactly three months after the news conference launching the CBCF relief fund, Rice told Cybercast News Service that the Foundation has actually raised “somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 to $400,000.” She added that the distribution of the money would not begin until January or February of 2006 at the earliest.

LaShawn asks: “Why the delay? Don’t be surprised to hear about some lavish, impromptu New Year’s Eve “charity” bash.”

Independent Conservative: “I don’t know about any of you, but if I learned my donations to help Katrina victims were not going to be spent till sometime next year, I’d find another charity to give to!”

Ron at Preaching Politics: “So while refugees are still living in tent cities and cheap hotel rooms across America, the CBC is sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars in supposed aid money. Does this mean that the Congressional Black Caucus hates black people more than President Bush?”

Matt at Blogs for Bush: “How’s this for irony… Following Hurricane Katrina, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) criticized the Bush administration for what they claimed was a racially insensitive slow federal response… Well… guess what?”

Rhymes with Right: “Three Days Later Was Too Late, But Three Months Later Is Too Soon”

Clear and Present highlights the statements of U.S. Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) at the CBC news conference in September, when she said: “I’m ashamed of our government. We don’t want another Iraq, where the money just goes off somewhere. This is real human need. And I’m outraged by the lack of response from our federal government.”

Bobby Eberle at The Loft: “It seems to me that if any group should be accused of insensitivity and playing politics, it is this one. They criticize for slow response, yet none of their money has even been used. They bash the president for insensitivity, yet how insensitive is it to hold unto relief money when hurricane victims are suffering? The “Scrooges” at the Congressional Black Caucus are the ones who should be ashamed.”