{"id":28342,"date":"2024-04-03T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lauren-boebert-touts-accomplishments-in-a-bill-she-voted-against\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:37:51","slug":"lauren-boebert-touts-accomplishments-in-a-bill-she-voted-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lauren-boebert-touts-accomplishments-in-a-bill-she-voted-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Boebert touts accomplishments in a bill she voted against"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is seen at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee Jan. 31, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite\/Associated Press file)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In a news release last month, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert celebrated 10 projects in her district that received funding with the passage of an appropriations bill \u2013 a bill she voted against.<\/p>\n

Boebert celebrated over $20 million in funding for several infrastructure projects, including $1.5 million for a stoplight in Bayfield and improved water storage and treatment, according to her news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Colorado communities in the Third (district) will receive more than $20 million to get 10 local water and infrastructure projects off the ground,\u201d she said in the release. \u201cCan\u2019t wait for the ribbon cuttings and to see these projects come to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boebert voted in favor of an earlier version of the bill, H.R. 4366, in July, when it appropriated funding for defense spending. The Senate consolidated five other spending bills into an omnibus package.<\/p>\n

The new version of H.R. 4366, now known as the \u201cConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,\u201d was sent back to the House on March 6 and a resolution to bring the two versions of the bill into concurrence came before the chamber for a vote. It was this bill that funded Boebert\u2019s projects and this bill that she voted against.<\/p>\n

In a March 6 post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Boebert called the omnibus bill a \u201cmonstrosity.\u201d In another post: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have my support and no true conservative should vote for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A little over two weeks later, President Joe Biden signed the omnibus appropriation bill into law. Boebert\u2019s news release the following Monday said she \u201csecured $20 million\u201d in money for Colorado infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongresswoman Lauren Boebert was the only Republican in Colorado to secure funding for important local priorities through this process,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s office did not provide comment for this story.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time she has touted legislative wins implemented by bills that she opposed. In 2022, Boebert sent a newsletter boasting of nine legislative proposals being signed into law but had again voted against the actual passing of the law that enabled the programs she celebrated.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Boebert at the time said the 2022 spending bill contained more \u201cbad than good for Republicans,\u201d preventing Boebert from voting to pass it. She still celebrated her wins after the bill passed, \u201cwe were able to get great things done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eliza DuBose, a senior at American University, is an intern for The Durango Herald and the Journal in Cortez. She can be reached at the edubose@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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