The stimulus package sent almost $1.5 million to five congressional districts in Wyoming created 6.3 jobs, according to recovery.gov. An additional $471 million was sent to two other districts in the state. The problem? Wyoming has only one district, District 00. And that district received just under $30 million–$410 million less than District 1, a non-existent district. Wyoming’s full data set can be found below:
1st congressional district 779 $441,414,239
00 congressional district 74.3 $29,415,703
3rd congressional district 0 $545,120
15th congressional district 4 $416,583
27th congressional district 0 $286,385
36th congressional district 0.3 $160,371
2nd congressional district 2 $40,933
A Watchdog study revealed 440 non-existent congressional districts within the stimulus tracking web site, recovery.org. The full report can be found here and below:
Recovery’s Phantom Districts –
[...] Wyoming: 6 phantom districts [...]