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Michael Burgess: First, while I did not vote for this stimulus bill, $787 billion was made available for spending to stimulate the…

On the recordOctober 28, 2009
First, while I did not vote for this stimulus bill, $787 billion was made available for spending to stimulate the economy, but as of today, only $173.2 billion has been spent.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights the slow spending of the stimulus funds.

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