The Repugnican Hall of Shame, Stimulus Hypocrisy Edition
Thanks to Think Progress — http://thinkprogress.org/touting-recovery-opposed/ — for this exposé of House and Senate Repugnicans who voted against the stimulus bill and then took credit for the money that it brought to their states or districts.
And a surprising thanks to the Washington Times – not a bastion of liberal thought – who recovered letters sent by many of these Congresspeople requesting stimulus money!
House Of Representatives
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)
Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA)
Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)
Rep. Mary Fallin (R-OK)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA)
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO)
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL)
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)
Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL)
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE)
Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Rep. Henry Brown (R-SC)
Rep. Sam Hall (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH)
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY)
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT)
Rep. Shelly Capito Moore (R-WV)
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI)
Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)
Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI
Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA)
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)
Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA)
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
Rep. John Mica (R-FL)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL)
Rep. John Linder (R-GA)
Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Total: 90. Number of Repugnicans in the House: 178.
Senate
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Total: 20. Total Repugnicans in the Senate: 41
The thorough record of their hypocrisy can be found at http://thinkprogress.org/touting-recovery-opposed/.



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