This morning, POLITICO highlighted some of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House for “taking credit for the local funds” despite voting against the legislation that made the funding possible in the first place.
House Republicans, consumed by their party’s chaos and dysfunction, have made this the least productive Congress since the Great Depression. Voters are tired of this do-nothing Congress and now vulnerable House Republicans are lying to them in a desperate attempt to take credit for Democrats’ accomplishments as their own failed records continue to drag them down.
Read more about House Republicans’ attempt to ‘vote no and take the dough’ below:
Billions of dollars in infrastructure funding are flowing into cities and towns nationwide, nearly three years after Congress passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill approving the cash.
And some vulnerable House Republicans are tacitly taking credit for the local funds, despite opposing that bill.
Those battleground Republicans who opposed the law are careful not to tout their personal involvement in it on Capitol Hill — instead, they’re showing up at opening ceremonies and praising the actions of local leaders.
“Since House Republicans have no record of accomplishments, they are trying to falsely take credit for ones that aren’t theirs,” said Viet Shelton, a spokesperson for House Democrats’ campaign arm. “This is exactly the sort of hypocritical behavior that the public hates, and the DCCC will be sure to remind voters of Republicans’ do-nothing agenda between now and November.”
Nearly $470 million in investments have been promised to Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks’ (R-Iowa) district from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which she voted against. Miller-Meeks is also one of the most vulnerable House Republicans, winning her 2022 race by only six votes.
She has touted that money, from attending a ribbon cutting for a key highway interchange to touting modernization of locks and dams on the Mississippi River in her district, which she called “critically important” to Iowa’s economy — thanking the Army Corps of Engineers for their work.
In addition to money slated specifically for Rep. David Valadao’s (R-Calif.) district, the Biden administration also allocated $1.1 billion to California’s last remaining nuclear power plant as part of the infrastructure law’s $6 billion fund for nuclear energy.
The Diablo Canyon plant, which supplies a significant amount of power statewide, is not in Valadao’s district, but the move to prevent its closure won his praise. In a social media post, he called it an “all-of-the-above approach to energy production and use, including nuclear,” that he touted as “lowering costs, creating jobs, and strengthening our national security.”
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) celebrated an $8.3 million funding allocation for Newport Harbor dredging as “long overdue and will improve the safety of our community while protecting our homes and businesses.” She even name checked the infrastructure bill, which she voted against, in her press release.
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