Politics | economic stimulus package GOP Lawmakers Hail Hated Stimulus Republicans crow about projects they like in bill they loathed By Rob Quinn Posted Feb 14, 2009 3:17 AM CST Copied House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., prepare to meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) Republican lawmakers aren't letting the fact they opposed the stimulus bill stop them from bragging now that it's passed, McClatchy Newspapers reports. A press release from Alaska Rep. Don Young boasted that he had won a victory for the state's small business owners in the bill's final version, but the lawmaker later blasted the bill as a "vehicle for pet projects." Florida Rep. John Mica applauded “President Obama's recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America's future," in a press release, omitting the fact that he voted against it. A GOP spokesman said Mica saw the rail project as a "silver lining" in the stimulus, and argued that it was perfectly reasonable to support some parts of "a trillion-dollar" bill while being against the whole. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error