"Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office"
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Jim Renacci rips Rep. John Boccieri's votes to 'spend a billion dollars an hour' ... 'for his first 50 days in office'
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H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted Feb. 17, 2009
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Politico, "Congress at work: '$1 billion an hour," by Mike Allen, March 11, 2009
TIME, Michael Scherer's Swampland blog, "The Math Behind A 'Billion Dollars An Hour," March 11, 2009
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Jim Renacci rips Rep. John Boccieri's votes to 'spend a billion dollars an hour' ... 'for his first 50 days in office'
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