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- Rep. Mike Garcia touted $14.9 million in federal funding that he brought to his district this year.
- But most of it came from a must-pass spending bill that he and other Republicans voted against.
- It's yet another example of what critics have dubbed "vote no, take the dough."
It was late December 2022, and Republicans were furious about the 2023 omnibus spending bill, a sprawling piece of legislation designed to avert a government shutdown and keep federal spending flowing for the next 9 months.