Jane Hamsher over at Firedoglake reports the latest on my Blue Dog Congressman:
Jim Cooper, habitual deficit hawk who is always whining about earmarks, pork barrel projects and government spending, is upset because Congress isn't funding the construction of a new Nashville federal courthouse. He is forming a "Congressional Courthouse Caucus" to address this massive injustice.
Let's just recap:
First House vote on stimulus bill, which included funding for the Nashville courthouse: Jim Cooper voted against.
Second House vote on the stimulus bill (after conference), which cut funding for the Nashville courthouse: Jim Cooper voted for.
Read more . ."There's no incumbent I'd love to see primaried more than Jim Cooper."
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