GOP Fighting For Money From Stimulus They Opposed

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Ryan Grim

GOP Fighting For Money From Stimulus They Opposed


House Republicans, as a group, may take great pride in the goose egg they offered President Obama's stimulus package. But now the unanimous opposition is struggling to bring that money home.

Republicans will be working hard to make sure the money they opposed ends up benefiting their home districts, highlighting the political tightrope they walk in this economic crisis. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is watching House Republicans -- and reading local media -- closely and is only too happy to highlight any happy talk about a stimulus Republicans voted against.

Back in his home district, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) found some nice things to say about the plan.

"Within the stimulus package there is some Pell Grant money, which is a good thing. It helps students be able to pay for their education and that's kind of a long term stimulus effect there. I mean obviously that's not gonna provide a job in the next 120, 180 days, but the ability of someone to get an education is an economic development tool," Luetkemeyer said at a local college. He was there, in another inside-outside Washington twist, to celebrate an earmark for a college building.

He lamented that there would be far fewer such earmarks in the future. "If they go back to the rules, it will make it very difficult to get earmarks through the next two years because number one we don't have any more money, we just blew it all on this stimulus package. Although, we're gonna have to print some more in order to be able to bail out the financial institutes and the automobile manufacturers," said Luetkemeyer.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/gop-fighting-for-money-fr_n_167914.html

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1. f*cking hypocrites.

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2. It wouldn't happen, but if they opposed, their district shouldn't get the $$

If they felt it was such a bad bill to vote no yet want and fight to get the money, their congressional district should not receive any money. That would get their constituents calling and letting the idiots know to vote for the way they, the people, want and need and not vote the partyline!

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3. political cowardice and calculation. if things are worse by the next

election, these rethugs (like my Inhoffe, Coburn, and Cole) will boast that they opposed it. if the stimulus money brings improvements to their home districts, they will brag on how they personally fought to bring the money home. I am advising my fellow Okies, the folks who voted these rethug beasts in, and who voted against Obama, to urge our congressmen to author bills to keep any "socialist" money out of our state. It seems like a pretty plain choice to me: are these really principles, or are all these people hypocrites? For te last week, the locl papers have been full of articles regarding different plans on how to spend various parts of the stimulus money, but next election my fellow Okies will once again support the rethugs.