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   From: Bodines@Reagan.net   
      
   ECONOMY -- TEXAS POLITICIANS WHO VOTED AGAINST RECOVERY ACT BEG FOR STIMULUS   
   MONEY:   
      
   Every single Republican in the House voted against the $819 billion Recovery   
   Act in January. Among the Republican senators who voted against the stimulus   
   were Texas Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, who complained that   
   they wanted to see more tax cuts rather than government spending.   
      
   But now they are both joining a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers,   
   including 19 House Republicans -- to pressure the Obama administration to   
   redirect "$3 billion in unspent stimulus funds" to Texas for NASA funding.   
   The group signed onto a letter drafted and circulated by GOP Rep. Pete   
   Olson, which argued that "Since the stated purpose of the stimulus package   
   was to secure good jobs and stabilize our economy," the funds should be   
   directed toward Texas through NASA in 2010.   
      
   Cornyn said that while the stimulus funding "that has already been spent   
   [is] clearly not working, it is my hope that the Administration will use a   
   portion of the remaining, authorized, unspent stimulus dollars to safeguard   
   our nation's space program." Texas politicians aren't the only ones   
   displaying stimulus hypocrisy. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), who voted   
   against the Recovery Act and told the National Review last week that the   
   stimulus "is not working," recently announced that two grants funded by the   
   Recovery Act "will give a hand up to our veterans who have fought bravely   
   and selflessly for our country."   
      
   Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is now criticizing Gov. Tim Kaine (D) for being   
   "slow" to spend the stimulus money allocated for Virginia -- even though if   
   Wolf and his Republican colleagues would have had their way, there would be   
   no extra money for the state at all. "We could use that money desperately,"   
   Wolf told reporters. "We're in a critical situation."   
    http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=2   
   051&elq=68661fb374574fcda394671ec5a21c28Screw 'em.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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