http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-09-bennett_N.htm?csp=34 THE SMELL OF PUTREFACTION RISES IN CONGRESS EVEN THOUGH MANY REPUBLICANS WERE THROWN OUT.
13 Congressmen who voted against the SAVE OUR ECONOMY (FROM THIS REPUBLICAN DYSTOPIA) STIMULUS PACKAGE SENT LETTERS REQUESTING MONEY FOR PROJECTS THEY WANTED FUNDED. ALL 13, (SURPRISE SURPRISE WERR RE-FUCKING-PUBLICANS).
REPUBLICANS CONTINUE WITH THE POLITICS OF "NO" FOR OBAMA AND 'YES' WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE MONEY THE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR.
REPUBLICANS SCREAM ABOUT FISCAL RESTRAINT WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE FACED WITH SAVING AN ECONOMY IN THE THROWS OF THIS
REPUBLICAN DYSTOPIA - BUT ARE GLAD TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON.
Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett voted against the $787 billion economic stimulus package in February, declaring the day it passed that "the only thing this bill will stimulate is the national debt."
Two days earlier, however, Bennett had written to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department seeking stimulus money for Utah, according to copies of the letters released under the Freedom of Information Act. Using 16 identical cover letters, Bennett passed along stimulus funding requests from 14 Utah cities and counties totaling $182.5 million.
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As Bennett's letterhead notes, he is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee — which handles federal spending bills. Bennett is a member of the subcommittee overseeing the EPA's budget and was the top Republican on the agriculture subcommittee from 2003 until last year.
Appropriations committee members can have strong influence over federal agencies, Ellis says. "The agency may feel like it's a directive handed to them from on high if it's from a powerful lawmaker who has an ability to affect their budget," he says.
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