 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waOctober 21, 2005, Sen. Tom Coburn R-OK akapa shanduko yekubvisa mari yeGravina Island neKnik Arm mabhiriji, uye kutsausa mari yekuvakazve bhiriji pamusoro peLake Pontchartrain iyo yakakuvadzwa neHurricane Katrina. Seneta weRepublican Ted Stevens weAlaska akava chinhu chokushoropodzwa kwakasimba kwenhau apo iye akashora zvakasimba kutsausa mari yeGravina neKnik Arm Bridge kuti ibetsere munjodzi yachorubatsiro. Muhurukuro yake paSeneti, Stevens akatyisidzira kuti aizosiya basa muCongress kana mari yacho yaizobviswa mudunhu rake. Musi waNovember 16, 2005, Congress yakabvisa mari yehurumende yemabhiriji maviri mubhuku rekupedzisira re omnibus spending bill, pasina kuchinja huwandu hwemari yakapiwa kushandiswa neAlaska. Kugadziriswa kweCoburn kwakakundwa nehuwandu hwakawanda hwemasangano maviri, nevaseneti gumi nevashanu vachitsigira kugadziriswa uye maseneta makumi masere nemaviri vachipikisa. 