claim: recovery.gov listed congressional districts that "do not exist."
author: jeff miller
evidence_1: nov 16, 2009 ... in oklahoma, recovery.gov lists more than $19 million in spending -- and 15 jobs  created -- in yet more congressional districts that don't exist. in iowa, it shows  $10.6 million spent – and 39 jobs created -- in nonexistent districts. in  connecticut's 42nd district (which also does not exist), the web site claims 25 ...
evidence_2: georgia. millions of dollars in stimulus funds were disbursed among seven  congressional districts in georgia that did not exist, according to recovery.gov. ...  the arra website listed the michigan capital, lansing, zip code as having  received $1,217,275,548 and creating 17,966.9 jobs. the website credited  michigan with ...
evidence_3: nov 17, 2009 ... $6.4 billion stimulus goes to phantom districts. just how big is the stimulus  package? well for one, it has doubled the size of the house of representatives,  according to recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440  congressional districts that do not exist. according to data retrieved from ...
evidence_4: this article also names scarantino and makes the same statement about the  correctness of his reporting, but does not contain the majority of scarantino's  quotes carried in the abc news story posted the prior day. the author, matt  apuzzo, fact-checks the "phantom congressional district" story by tracking down  the ...
evidence_5: nov 2, 2009 ... recipients of recovery act funds are allowed to enter questionable (for example,  zero jobs reported created or saved for projects expending more than $1 million)  and even nonsensical (for example, entering spending reports for congressional  districts that do not exist) data. currently, recovery.gov and ...