DENVER, Colo. - Have you ever heard of Colorado's "00" Congressional District?
Neither has anyone else, except for the federal agency assigned to dole out the $787 billion stimulus plan. In fact the "00" Congressional District received more than $10 million in stimulus funds.
The mythical 64th CD got $33,195 according to recovery.gov, which allows the public to "Track the Money" online. The website lists 14 jobs created in the non-existent 64th.
Republican Mike Coffman, who represents Colorado's very real 6th Congressional District, has demanded an investigation into the spending, which has raised eyebrows all the way up to the White House.
"This is unfair to the American people and certainly an abuse of the taxpayer dollars that they were entrusted to manage," Rep. Coffman told FOX 31 News.
"At best there's massive incompetence. At worse there's massive fraud."
The White House reportedly blames the errors on, among other things, accounting problems, and not fraud. However, it's unclear if "real" dollars were spent, or simply disappeared into the magical abyss of their non-existent districts.
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Neither has anyone else, except for the federal agency assigned to dole out the $787 billion stimulus plan. In fact the "00" Congressional District received more than $10 million in stimulus funds.
The mythical 64th CD got $33,195 according to recovery.gov, which allows the public to "Track the Money" online. The website lists 14 jobs created in the non-existent 64th.
Republican Mike Coffman, who represents Colorado's very real 6th Congressional District, has demanded an investigation into the spending, which has raised eyebrows all the way up to the White House.
"This is unfair to the American people and certainly an abuse of the taxpayer dollars that they were entrusted to manage," Rep. Coffman told FOX 31 News.
"At best there's massive incompetence. At worse there's massive fraud."
The White House reportedly blames the errors on, among other things, accounting problems, and not fraud. However, it's unclear if "real" dollars were spent, or simply disappeared into the magical abyss of their non-existent districts.
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