The stimulus package is doing its best to ensure that the south will arise again, according to recovery.gov, the organization charged with monitoring the bill’s expenditures. More than $27 million in funds have been shipped to the 7th District of South Carolina, which has not existed since the Great Depression. The 7th is one of seven phantom districts that have, in total, received $40 million from the package.
7th congressional district 25 $27,600,845
16th congressional district 6 $6,478,887
43rd congressional district 0 $3,103,434
00 congressional district 1.4 $1,825,076
45th congressional district 16 $1,070,000
32nd congressional district 3 $502,011
12th congressional district 1 $149,740
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:
[...] South Carolina: 7 phantom districts [...]