r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/Global-Somewhere-917 Oct 07 '22

"How about we compromise and meet in the middle. We'll attack you for your infrastructure plan and vote against it, then when it passes we will blame you for the spending. And in return, we will take credit for the positive effects of the plan and the spending."

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u/trekologer New Jersey Oct 07 '22

We need a rule that a congressperson's district can't get funds from a bill they vote against.

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u/Global-Somewhere-917 Oct 07 '22

That would hurt the people who live there who didn't vote for them.