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Who Got Bribed on Health Care Vote?
Eric Telford (Twitter handle JoeTaxpayer) has started to round up Congressmen who change their health care vote after getting big grants for their districts:
JoeTaxpayer Did Rep. Scott Murphy (D-NY) sell his vote for $4.7 million? http://bit.ly/cOMpKg JoeTaxpayer Rep. Suzanne Kosmas flips her previous “no” vote to a “yes” – what changed? $65 million going to her district… http://bit.ly/9xo5J1 JoeTaxpayer Boccieri Buy-off: voted “no” before, now he’s voting “yes” after Obama admin sends $17 million to his district http://bit.ly/bQPdE9 JoeTaxpayer RT @JBTctpo Apparently Stupak’s payoff was more than a airplane ride … it was an airport http://bit.ly/a0ajRK (link via @JoeTaxpayer) JoeTaxpayer Salazar Sell-out: guess who’s voting “yes” after the Obama admin sent $3.5 million to his district http://twitpic.com/1a49p6 JoeTaxpayer The public option lives! Dems who flip their votes miraculously recieve millions in federal grant $ for their districts over the last week.
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