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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

GOP Recovery Act Hyopcrisy


Happy birthday American Recovery and Reinvestment Act!

Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the signing of the $787 billion stimulus package. Though its birthday party isn't likely to include cake and candles, political advertisements will have to suffice.

To commemorate the passing of the act that all but two Senate Republicans voted against, the Democratic National Committee has released an attack ad that criticizes Republican naysayers as "hypocrites" for requesting and praising local projects funded by stimulus money.

"Almost every single Republican in Congress voted no on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but despite that opposition, nearly 90 Republicans have sought recovery funds for their district or bragged about the recovery funds they've brought home," the ad says.

The advertisement specifically calls out three Republican senators -- Sen. Shelby (R-Ala.), Sen. Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Sen. McConnell (R-Ky.) -- and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), for publicly cheering stimulus initiatives after decrying the bill's passage and loudly deeming it a failure.

"Republicans don't want to acknowledge that the Recovery Act has created jobs, many of them in their own districts, except when they're asking for funding to create those very jobs," the ad charges.





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