Senate Dems to hit Burr on stimulus check

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National Democrats will take aim at Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for what they say is hypocrisy over the federal stimulus measure passed in February.

Burr was on hand on Friday to present the Bethlehem, N.C., fire department with a grant for $2 million to build a new fire station. Burr called the grant a "great thing" for the area.

"We're not accustomed to federal dollars in that magnitude finding their way to North Carolina," Burr said, according to a local newspaper.

The grant, according to the local fire chief, came through the Department of Homeland Security by way of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That money was allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $787 billion stimulus measure passed with just three Republican votes in the Senate in February.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/63857-senate-democrats-to-hit-burr-on-stimulus-check

[louis-t]

1. And keep hitting Jindal and the other idiots on same thing.

Makes me crazy.