House GOP Website, Republican Leadership Takes Credit For Successful Stimulus

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On House GOP Website, Republican Leadership Takes Credit For Successful Stimulus Project
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/18/mcmorris-rodgers-hypocrisy/

Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus. Despite being called a success by most economists and independent analysts, Republicans have mocked the stimulus, calling it a boondoggle that has “failed to create a single job.” Essentially, the GOP has lied about the stimulus in order to justify their unified opposition to its passage.

Yesterday, GOP.gov, the official website for the House Republican caucus, continued the anti-stimulus drumbeat, blaring press releases calling the stimulus a failure. Ironically, posted just above two releases attacking the stimulus, the website features a release from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) taking credit for $35 million dollars in stimulus highway money. Below is a screen shot:





The $35 million in TIGER highway funds were provided by the stimulus McMorris Rodgers tried to kill. McMorris Rodger’s press release, however, claims she was a “champion” in gaining the funding.

Yesterday, ThinkProgress released a report detailing how over half of the GOP caucus, 110 lawmakers — from the House and Senate — have either taken credit for its success or requested more money from the stimulus. As part of the GOP leadership team, McMorris Rodgers helped corral every single House Republican in voting against the stimulus. She is simply the next lawmaker hypocritically trying to “trash and cash” the bill.


Another one for Rachel
McMorris Rodgers Announces $35 Million Federal Grant for North Spokane Corridor
http://mcmorris.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=96&itemid=1506

[rfranklin]

1. The Republicans are only taking credit for small percentages of the bill...

I actually heard them taking that position. They can like the portion that goes to their constituency but reject the parts that go toward helping anyone else, even their own partners in crime.

[eleny]

2. Seeing that list of notices, I want to yell, "Look *UP* Boehner!"

[Zoeisright]

3. I hate repukes with every fiber of my being.

And it's getting worse every day.

Those hypocritical assholes.

[Beartracks]

4. Without even being an economist...

... anyone can determine that that much money poured out into projects around the country -- whether vital infrastructure, or pork barrel, or whatever -- is going to result in WORK. In some cases, jobs would have to be created to handle the work. In other cases, jobs would be saved to handle the work. To even consider the Republican position that the stimulus stimulated nothing is either stupid or disingenuous.

[Arkana]

5. I wanna know when that offensive the DNC promised is coming.