Stimulus critics beg for stimulus money

Stimulus foes see value in seeking cash
Jim McElhatton
Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2010

Sen. Christopher S. Bond regularly railed against President Obama's economic stimulus plan
as irresponsible spending that would drive up the national debt.
But behind the scenes, the Missouri Republican quietly sought more than $50 million
from a federal agency for two pet projects in his state.

Mr. Bond was not alone. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers, while denouncing the stimulus
to the media and their constituents, privately sent letters to just one of the federal government's
many agencies seeking stimulus money for home-state pork projects.

The letters to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), obtained through the
Freedom of Information Act, expose the gulf between lawmakers' public criticism
of the overall stimulus package and their private lobbying for projects close to home.

"It's not illegal to talk out of both sides of your mouth,
but it does seem to be a level of dishonesty troubling to the American public," said Melanie Sloan
- executive director of the watchdog group
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.



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KK wrote:

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