Oy. Who keeps voting against healthcare and EVERYTHING else that would help Americans?
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These 40 House Republicans voted against millions of dollars in federal funding that they secured for their districts
Bryan Metzger
Mar 6, 2024, 5:45 PM EST
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Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado voted against the bill despite securing more than $20 million for the district she's now running away from. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
- 83 House Republicans voted against a bill to fund large portions of the federal government.
- 40 did so despite securing millions of dollars in funding for their districts.
- It's another example of "vote no, take the dough."
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On Wednesday, 83 House Republicans voted against a roughly $460 billion package of bills to fund large swaths of the federal government.
Forty of them did so despite requesting — and securing — millions of dollars in federal funding for a variety of projects in their districts.
Take Rep. Lauren Boebert for example. The Colorado Republican announced on Wednesday that she would vote against what she dubbed the "Swamp Omnibus," slamming the bill as a "monstrosity" that "funds the Green New Deal."
That's despite the bill including more than $20 million that she herself had requested for projects across the state's 3rd congressional district, which she
recently abandoned to seek reelection in a safer district on the other side of the state.
That included $5 million to develop a water reservoir in Wolf Creek, $2.2 million for water infrastructure in Craig, and millions more for highway improvements in the district that she jointly requested with Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper.
Boebert's office did not respond to a request for comment.