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Think Progress » Texas Lawmakers Who Voted Against The Recovery Act Now Beg For Stimulus Funds For NASA
Texas isnt the only state showing this stimulus hypocrisy. Some other examples:
Well Well Well, look who comes crawling back. Much like a cheating spouse, Republicans are finally seeing the error of their ways and want the Stimulus Money now. However, some of them are using it but still calling it a failure. It would be similar to calling the Fire Department a failure as they put out the fire that's burning your home down. Or it would be similar to tossing away food offered to you but then asking that person for food after.
Speaking of food, I know one thing I'm enjoying eating currently. The delicious irony over this situation.![eusa_whistle :eusa_whistle: :eusa_whistle:](/styles/smilies/eusa_whistle.gif)
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 Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. Both of them complained that they wanted to see more tax cuts rather than government spending.
But now, both Hutchison and Cornyn are pressuring the Obama administration to give Texas $3 billion in stimulus funds. The co-signers on the letter are a bipartisan group of the Texas delegation in the House, including 19 Republicans, all of whom also voted against the funds for which theyre now begging. The letter was drafted and circulated by GOP Rep. Pete Olson. From the letter:
Texas isnt the only state showing this stimulus hypocrisy. Some other examples:
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. Were in a critical situation.
Well Well Well, look who comes crawling back. Much like a cheating spouse, Republicans are finally seeing the error of their ways and want the Stimulus Money now. However, some of them are using it but still calling it a failure. It would be similar to calling the Fire Department a failure as they put out the fire that's burning your home down. Or it would be similar to tossing away food offered to you but then asking that person for food after.
Speaking of food, I know one thing I'm enjoying eating currently. The delicious irony over this situation.
![eusa_whistle :eusa_whistle: :eusa_whistle:](/styles/smilies/eusa_whistle.gif)