Washington D.C.
A stimulus oversight error could dramatically impact the 2010 midterm elections, as recovery.gov unilaterally created 12 congressional districts in Washington D.C.
The web site lists billions of dollars being poured into 12 “congressional districts” in the Beltway.
It appears that the labels for the districts, including 00 and 99, were chosen at random. It is unclear what [...]
Puerto Rico
Either Puerto Rico has been awarded statehood or recovery.org has some explaining to do.
The stimulus package awarded the American territory $2 billion from the stimulus package, but that was not all; Puerto Rico was also apparently given 11 seats in congress.
Recovery.gov lists millions of dollars being awarded to “congressional districts” bearing such distinctions as District [...]
$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts
Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one, it has doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.
According to data retrieved from recovery.gov, nearly $6.4 billion was used to “create or save” just under 30,000 jobs in [...]
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