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GOP Officials Circulate "Completely Fabricated" Pelosi Attack

First Posted: 3/15/09 Updated: 5/25/11

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The Plum Line:

Is there really $30 million in the new stimulus package devoted to saving the salt marsh mouse in Nancy Pelosi's district?

That's what some conservatives are now charging, and the claim seems to be gaining some traction with elected GOP officials and conservative media outlets, who are using it to argue that the bill is stuffed with Dem pork.

But there isn't any such money in the bill. And Pelosi's office is saying that the claim is a "total fabrication."

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Is there really $30 million in the new stimulus package devoted to saving the salt marsh mouse in Nancy Pelosi's district? That's what some conservatives are now charging, and the claim seems to be ...
Is there really $30 million in the new stimulus package devoted to saving the salt marsh mouse in Nancy Pelosi's district? That's what some conservatives are now charging, and the claim seems to be ...
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