the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Bachmann sought stimulus funding on at least seven occasions last year as indicated by the investigative journalism site Center for Public Integrity.The requests included funding for a $150 million expansion of a commuter rail line to St. Cloud, something the congresswoman declined to back months earlier.
The Center for Public Integrity said Bachmann was among nearly 2,000 Republican and Democratic stimulus opponents who wrote letters requesting funds for projects.Bachmann defended her request for money from the $787 billion stimulus package, saying in a statement, "It is my obligation as a member of Congress to ensure stimulus dollars are spent on the most worthy projects. I did just that when I supported applications for the (stimulus) grant program."
In her latest ads Bachmann calls the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "the failed (House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi trillion-dollar stimulus."
