Ryan Sought Stimulus Funds While Decrying Them

Posted by | August 14, 2012 18:34 | Filed under: Top Stories


Submitted by Eugene Covington

In 2009, when he was referring to President Obama’s stimulus program as “a wasteful spending spree,” he sent “at least four letters to Obama’s secretary of energy asking that millions of dollars from the program be granted to a pair of Wisconsin conservation groups, according to documents obtained by the Globe.”

Ryan’s views are garnering new attention since his selection Saturday as Mitt Romney’s running mate.

The documents show that Ryan’s attempts to take advantage of the stimulus funds even after he voted against them was more expansive than previously reported.

Ryan was criticized by some House Democrats in 2010 after the Wall Street Journal reported that he was among several Republicans lawmakers who sought the stimulus money for their constituents by, in his case, writing a letter in 2010 to the Department of Labor.

The additional letters include his praise for the energy program’s aims, and clash with his own budget priorities, which call for curtailing many of the same Department of Energy investments that are designed to spur the growth of green technologies and reduce reliance on fossil fuels..

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