Sen. Burr Touts Funds From Stimulus Bill He Opposed

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Sen. Burr Touts Funds From Stimulus Bill He Opposed :

Now, the Hickory Daily Record reports that the latest senator to engage in stimulus hypocrisy is Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC). Last week, 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.

“This is a great thing for this county,” he said. “We’re not accustomed to federal dollars in that magnitude finding their way to North Carolina.”

“This will serve a huge need for us,” said Chief Shannon Lowrance of the Bethlehem Community Volunteer Fire Department. “This is a very fast-growing community. We’re building for the next 50 years.” <...>

Having the plans ready to go helped the department win three American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Assistance to Firefighters Station Construction Grants issued this year from the Federal Emergency Management Agency / Department of Homeland Security, Lowrance said.

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1. These fuckers have no shame!

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2. Glad Obama could help you out, burr..now

acknowledge your hypocricy and move on.

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3. sounds like the election ad would write itself

contrasting the hypocrisy of voting against stimulus and then praising it and essentially taking credit for it by presenting the grant.