Sen. Richard Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, will be keeping a close eye on that stimulus package the Democrats are pushing in the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress, Barb Barrett reports.
"He wants to make sure the package doesn’t include pork projects for congressional constituencies, especially Democratic constituences,” said his spokesman, Chris Walker. "And that anything with a 'stimulus' label is actually stimulating the economy."
Democrats have talked of including government-funded infrastructure projects for programs such as roads and construction, as a way of creating jobs.
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Stop being mean FFC1304! I MEAN it.
Burr is still in mourning. But he could still profit from a backlash to good government and cash out taxpayer checks another 6 years.
Or didn't you take the Checks (to useless hacks) and Balances class in Junior High all those darn liberals made part of the public school system?
God, I hate people that read.