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Stimulating Hypocrisy: 114 Lawmakers Block Recovery While Taking Credit For Its Success
Congressman John Mica (R-FL) ‘Gushed’ About Funds Secured In Recovery Package. According to McClatchy Newspapers, “Rep. John Mica was gushing after the House of Representatives voted Friday to pass the big stimulus plan. ‘I applaud President Obama’s recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America’s future,’ the Florida Republican beamed in a press release.” Additionally, according to the Politico, Congressman Diaz-Balart was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09; McClatchy, 2/13/09]
-Congressman Mica Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
Congressman Don Young (R-AK) Claimed “Victory” For Funds Secured In Recovery Package. According to McClatchy Newspapers, “Young boasted that he ‘won a victory for the Alaska Native contracting program and other Alaska small business owners last night in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.’” [McClatchy, 2/13/09]
-Congressman Young Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Young Was Reportedly “Gnashing His Teeth After The Stimulus Bill Passed,” Remarking, “I Think It’s An Unfortunate Day For America.” [Anchorage Daily News, 2/13/09]
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) Hailed Education Benefits Of Recovery Package As “What The Economy Needs.” According to KTVO-TV, “Luetkemeyer said the project is considered ‘shovel ready’ and that’s what the economy needs. President Darrell Krueger and Luetkemeyer discussed the educational benefits of the economic recovery package.” [KTVO-TV, 2/17/09]
-Congressman Luetkemeyer Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) Took Credit For Recovery-Funded Highway Project. On his congressional website, McCaul features a story from earlier this month about a largely stimulus-funded project to expand Highway 36 in Texas. In the story, he is thanked for “taking this project to the next phase of reality.” Noting its importance, McCaul says the highway expansion will “cut down on fatal crashes and ensure commerce can continue to move efficiently through Austin County and the rest of this important region.”
-Congressman McCaul Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman McCaul Brags About His Opposition To The “Pork-Filled” Stimulus.
Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) Requested $3 Billion In Stimulus Funds. Politico reports that Olson, “whose district includes the Johnson Space Center, circulated a letter in October requesting that $3 billion in stimulus funds be redirected to NASA.
Olson said he was just helping the president choose the “right priorities” — which just so happen to be centered in his congressional district. [Politico, 1/28/10]
-Congressman Olson Criticized Stimulus As “Wasting” Money: “The Fact Of The Matter Is The President Has That Money, And He’s Been Wasting It.” [Politico, 1/28/10]
Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) Announced He Would Claim “As Much [Recovery Package] Money As We Can.” According to The Press Enterprise, Rep. Calvert said, “All of us in the Inland Empire will do what we can to direct as much money as we can.” [The Press Enterprise, 2/13/09]
-Congressman Calvert Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Calvert Complained That The Recovery Package Forces The Middle Class “Onto A Troubling King Of Public Dependency.” [Inland News Today, 2/20/09]
Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) Praised “Generous” Recovery Package Benefits. According to the Hill Blog, Rep. Hoekstra communicated through Twitter: “If you know of someone thinking of buying first home, now may be the time.Stimulus incentive is very generous!Up to 8k!Check it out.” [The Hill’s Brief Room, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Hoekstra Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Hoekstra Attacked The Recovery Package As A “Spending Spree.” [Grand Haven Tribune, 2/14/09]
Congressman Adam Putnam (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package Funds. According to the Politico, Congressman Putnam was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Putnam Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Putnam Penned An Op-Ed Attacking The Recovery Package As Spending Taxpayer Money “With Reckless Abandon.” [St. Petersburg Times, 2/11/09]
Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package Funds. According to the Politico, Congressman Stearns was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Stearns Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Stearns Condemned The Recovery Package As An “Unprecedented Big-Government Grab For Citizen Reliance On The Federal Government.” [New York Times, 2/16/09]
Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package Funds. According to the Politico, Congressman Posey was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Posey Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Posey Criticized The Recovery Package As “Very Little To Really Stimulate Activity And Just A Lot Of Money Thrown Around.” [Fox 35, 2/14/09]
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package Funds. According to the Politico, Congresswoman Brown-Waite was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congresswoman Brown-Waite Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congresswoman Brown-Waite Released A Statement Deriding The Bill As A “Pork-Ridden Bailout That Produces Few Jobs” And Compared It To A “Deal With The Devil.” [St. Petersburg Times, 1/29/09]
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package Funds. According to the Politico, Congressman Diaz-Balart was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Diaz-Balart Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Diaz-Balart Voiced His Opposition To The Recovery Package, Stating, “We’re Going To Be Embarrassed, It’s Not Going To Help The Economy.” [KIMO-ABC, 2/16/09]
Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package. According to the Politico, Congressman Rooney was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Rooney Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Rooney Decried The Recovery Package Because He Said It “Levees Our Economic Future On The Backs Of Our Children While Spending Billions On Projects That Will Do Little To Stimulate The Economy.” [Herald Tribune, 2/13/09]
Rep. John Linder (R-GA) Slammed The Stimulus As A Failure While Requesting Stimulus Money. The Washington Times reported: “Rep. John Linder, Georgia Republican, posted a blog item on his Web site on Oct. 21, stating that recent unemployment figures ‘only reinforce the fact that the $787 billion ’stimulus’ signed into law eight months ago has done nothing for job growth in this country.’ Two weeks earlier, Mr. Linder had sent a letter to Mr. Vilsack backing an application for stimulus money by the Elauwit Community Foundation, records show.” [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Rep. Linder Decried The Recovery Package Because He Said It “Levees Our Economic Future On The Backs Of Our Children While Spending Billions On Projects That Will Do Little To Stimulate The Economy.” [Herald Tribune, 2/13/09]
Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY) Took Credit For Over $1 Million In Recovery Funds For His District. On December 16th, Congressman Geoff Davis sent out a press release hailing $1,044,140 in stimulus money Carroll County school system, while crediting himself for securing the money. “I am pleased that our office was able to assist them in obtaining these funds,” noted Davis in the release. [Davis press release, 12/16/09]
-Congressman Davis Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-On the same day as he took credit for the recovery funds, Congressman Davis blasted a separate release claiming that the stimulus had “failed.” [Davis press release, 12/16/09]
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Recovery Package. According to the Politico, Congressman Diaz-Balart was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Diaz-Balart Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Diaz-Balart Criticized The Recovery Package, Stating, “This Opportunity Lost Is More Than Sad, Because The American People Believed That This Was Sacrifice For Modernization, For Higher Productivity, For Creation Of Jobs, And That Is Not What It Is.” [Voice Of America, 2/13/09]
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Requested Stimulus Money Days After Slamming It As A Failure. The Washington Times reported: “Aderholt, Alabama Republican, also voted against and criticized the stimulus. ‘Rather than create jobs or stimulate the economy, this massive spending bill was a laundry list of programs that focused on states with big-city urban communities,’ he wrote in the Oct. 4 edition of the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper. Three days later, Mr. Aderholt sent a letter to Mr. Vilsack on behalf of a foundation seeking stimulus money to expand broadband services in his district.” [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Rep. Aderholt Decried The Recovery Package Because He Said It “Levees Our Economic Future On The Backs Of Our Children While Spending Billions On Projects That Will Do Little To Stimulate The Economy.” [Herald Tribune, 2/13/09]
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Signed Letter Asking Federal Government Asking For Waiver To Access Stimulus Funds. According to the Politico, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen was among the “nine GOP House members from Florida, all stimulus no’s,” who, “joined nine of their Democratic colleagues, all yesses, in asking the feds to grant a waiver giving them access to, you guessed it, hundreds of millions in state stabilization stimulus cash.” [The Politico, 2/18/09]
-Congressman Ros-Lehtinen Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote #46; Roll Call Vote #70]
-Congressman Ros-Lehtinen Criticized The Recovery Package, Stating “This Bill Doesn’t Get Us The Economic Security Where We Want Our Folks To Be.” [PBS, 1/27/09]
Senate
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Asked For A Stimulus Job Grant. The Washington Times reported: “Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, who easily won re-election in 2008, said of the stimulus, ‘This is spending, not stimulus.’ In a letter to Mr. Vilsack for a project applying for stimulus money, Mr. Alexander noted, ‘It is anticipated that the project will create over 200 jobs in the first year and at least another 40 new jobs in the following years.’” [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Senator Alexander Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) Boasted Through His Spokeswoman That Pet Project In Recovery Package Is An Example Of “Utah Projects That Would Create Jobs.” According to the Salt Lake Tribune, “Bennett spokeswoman Tara Hendershott said Central Utah Water’s funding is an example of how the senator worked to get money for ‘Utah projects that would create jobs’ in the stimulus bill.” [Salt Lake Tribune, 2/20/09]
-Senator Bennett Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
-Senator Bennett Claimed “Unfortunately, The Only Thing This Bill Will Stimulate Is The National Debt.” [ABC-4, 2/16/09]
Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) Touted Job Creation, Housing Benefits Of Recovery Package. In a press release, Senator Bond announced, “This is the type of emergency stimulus spending we should be supporting – programs that will create jobs now and help families.” The release also noted, “In Missouri, about 703 affordable housing units approved by the Missouri Housing Development Commission were stalled by the equity gap. For 2009, the state officials anticipate another 2,000 units being stalled. Bond’s amendment will save more than 700 housing units and create 3,000 new jobs in Missouri.” According to KOLR-CBS, Senator Bond toured Missouri to push “his plan to create 3,000 jobs in the state and build more than 700 affordable housing units.” [Senator Bond press release, 2/17/09; KOLR-CBS Springfield, 2/17/09]
-Senator Bond Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
-Senator Bond Blasted The Recovery Package, Stating, “Unfortunately, This Bill Stimulates The Debt, It Stimulates The Growth Of Government, But It Doesn’t Stimulate Jobs.” [Forbes, 2/9/09]
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) Tried To Take Credit For A $1.78 Stimulus Grant He Voted Against. According to the Wichita Eagle, “Democratic leaders in the state Legislature are accusing U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of hypocrisy over federal economic-stimulus spending for a Hutchinson rail spur, claiming he is trying to take credit for something he opposed. At issue is a news release issued by Brownback’s office last week titled ‘Brownback applauds infrastructure development in Hutchinson, Kansas,’ celebrating a $1.78 million federal grant to help build a rail spur to serve the Salt City Business Park. [...] The funding for the rail spur was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $787 billion economic stimulus bill passed in February and backed mainly by President Obama and congressional Democrats.” [Wichita Eagle, 10/1/09]
-Senator Brownback Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) Touted Funds From Stimulus Bill He Opposed. The Hickory Daily Record reports that Burr appeared in Bethlehem, North Carolina, to deliver ARRA funds for a fire station there: This summer, the department applied for and won a $2,008,515 federal grant that will pay for a new 19,000-square-foot fire station. On Friday, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr was in Bethlehem to present the grant to the department.
-Senator Burr Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
-Senator Burr slammed the stimulus on Fox News: “This isn’t a stimulus package, this is a spending package.” [Fox News, 3/1/09]
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Asked Defense Secretary To Steer $50 Million In Stimulus Money To Georgian Bioenergy Project. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “… Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to steer $50 million in stimulus money to a constituent’s bioenergy project. Gates didn’t do it, the AP reported.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/18/09]
- Senator Chambliss Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Wrote Two Letters Asking For Stimulus Funds. The Wall Street Journal report: “The Environmental Protection Agency received two letters from Sen. John Cornyn of Texas asking for consideration of [stimulus] grants for clean diesel projects in San Antonio and Houston. Mr. Cornyn is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.” [WSJ, 2/16/09]
-Senator Cornyn Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) Bragged About Job Creation, Environmental Clean Up Benefits Of Recovery Package. According to KIDK News, Senator Crapo gushed: “Approximately $400 million plus, maybe as much as $465 million will come to INL right here in Idaho for hundreds of new jobs and a significantly expedited clean up activity.” [KIDK News, 2/17/09]
-Senator Crapo Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
-Senator Crapo Decried The Recovery Package As “Dangerous” Because “We Can’t Spend Our Way To Prosperity.” [Idaho Mountain Express, 2/11/09]
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Lobbied For Tens Of Millions In South Carolina Stimulus Funds. According to the Georgetown Times, a business coalition called the North Eastern Strategic Alliance worked closely with DeMint to secure millions in stimulus funds for the I-73 corridor highway in South Carolina. [Georgetown Times, 5/31/09]
-Senator DeMint Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC): Would Be “Crazy” Not To Accept Recovery Package Money. During an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Graham was asked whether South Carolina should “take the [stimulus] money,” to which he replied, “I think that, yes, from my point of view, I — you don’t want to be crazy here. I mean, if there’s going to be money on the table that will help my state, but I’ve got a job to do up here, and that is to try to help people and not damn the next generation.” [CNN, 2/11/09]
-Senator Graham Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
-Senator Graham Attacked The Recovery Package For Missing “The Mark A Long Way. We Increased New Government; We Did Not Increase New Jobs.” [ABC News, 2/15/09]
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Requested Stimulus Money. The Washington Times reported: “Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, was yet another lawmaker who voted against the stimulus and later backed applications for stimulus money in two letters to the Agriculture Department.” [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Senator Grassley Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Requested $95 Million In Stimulus Money. The Salt Lake Tribune reported: “All four of Utah’s Republicans in Congress voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act earlier this year, and all of them then used congressional stationary in an attempt to nab stimulus cash for the state. [...] Sen. Orrin Hatch and Reps. Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz sent the Interior Department a letter on behalf of the Provo River Water Users Association seeking $95 million in funds, while Matheson pushed for money for national parks in Utah.” [SLT, 10/4/09]
-Senator Hatch Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Asked Privately For Stimulus Funds. The Wall Street Journal report: “The Environmental Protection Agency received two letters from Sen. John Cornyn of Texas asking for consideration of grants for clean diesel projects in San Antonio and Houston. [...] One of the letters was signed jointly with Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, also of Texas. The letter said that the Port of Houston Authority ‘has informed me of the positive impact this grant will have in the region by serving as a foundation for PHA’s Clean Air Strategy Plan, creating jobs, and significantly reducing diesel emissions.’” [WSJ, 2/16/09]
-Senator Hutchison Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Inhofe (R-OK) Hailed $25 Million In Stimulus Money He Called “No Stimulus … Welfare” As “Necessary Funds.” Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) told CNS News last month, “I don’t think it [failed] – I know it. I said at the time, there’s no stimulus in the stimulus bill.” He also called the Recovery Act simply “welfare.” However, as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported, Inhofe has a history of stimulus hypocrisy. For instance, despite attacking the stimulus as a complete waste, Inhofe hailed $25 million dollars in stimulus money for a Tar Creek Superfund site as “great news” and “necessary funds.”
-Senator Inhofe Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Asked Defense Secretary To Steer $50 Million In Stimulus Money To Georgian Bioenergy Project. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “And The Associated Press reported in August that the state’s Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to steer $50 million in stimulus money to a constituent’s bioenergy project. Gates didn’t do it, the AP reported.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/18/09]
-Senator Isakson Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) Quietly Requested Stimulus Projects For His State. The Washington Times reported: “Before his vote against the stimulus, Sen. Mike Johanns, who took office last year from Nebraska, predicted that “the money would simply never reach the economy.” [...] Yet he saw the prospect of at least a few dozen jobs in a letter he later sent to Mr. Vilsack for a home-state project, records show. ‘The proposed project would create 38 new jobs and bring broadband to eight hospitals, five colleges, 16 libraries and 161 K-12 schools,” Mr. Johanns wrote.’ [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Senator Johanns Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Brags About Stimulus Projects, Requests More Money. McConnell and Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) toured a construction site at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. McConnell quickly took credit for the new construction, noting that he and Chandler had inserted an additional $5 million into the 2010 budget. McConnell bragged: “This is going to be a source of significant employment. At the peak, we could have up to 600 people working on this, and we believe the substantial majority of those workers will be Kentuckians.” However, McConnell conveniently forgot to mention that even more additional funds for facility construction were awarded through the stimulus. A Defense Department report states that $5,876,000 has been allocated from the Recovery Act to the Blue Grass facility for repairs. (Chandler voted for the stimulus.)
-Senator McConnell Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Requested Stimulus Money. The Washington Times reported: “Murkowski, Alaska Republican, called the stimulus ‘excessive’ and voted against it, though she noted that money in the legislation would benefit her state. She, too, wrote to the USDA to support Alaska projects seeking stimulus funds.” [Washington Times, 2/9/10]
-Senator Murkowski Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Asked For $15 Million In Stimulus Money. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sessions “wrote to then-Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell asking for $15 million [in stimulus funds] for cogongrass eradication and control programs in the state. The state ended up getting a $6.3 million grant.” [WSJ, 2/16/09]
-Senator Sessions Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Asked For $15 Million In Stimulus Money. According to the Wall Street Journal, Shelby “wrote to then-Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell asking for $15 million [in stimulus funds] for cogongrass eradication and control programs in the state. The state ended up getting a $6.3 million grant.” [WSJ, 2/16/09]
-Senator Shelby Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Record Vote 59; Record Vote 60]
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