Harris pads role, impact on housing, reports say (Palm Beach Post)

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Harris pads role, impact on housing, reports say
By Larry Lipman

Palm Beach Post Washington Bureau

Thursday, July 13, 2006


WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail and in her literature, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris boasts that, as a freshman member of Congress, she passed the American Dream Downpayment Act, "enabling 4.5 million low-income workers to own their first home while growing the U.S. economy by $256 billion."

Federal reports indicate Harris' claims are grossly exaggerated.

A Government Accountability Office report issued June 30 found that, through 2005, only $98.5 million of the $211 million Congress appropriated had been used by local governments to help more than 13,000 low-income families buy new homes — far below her claim of 4.5 million.

Harris also has taken projections of the Bush administration's goals for expanding minority homeownership and used them as the basis of her claims for the economic impact of the American Dream Downpayment Act.

Harris' congressional spokesman, Gerry Fritz, conceded Wednesday that the claims in her campaign literature were inaccurate.


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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2006/07/13/m1a_HARRIS_0713.html

[Vickers]

1. "the claims in her campaign literature were inaccurate"

AKA "lies" :eyes:

[Totally Committed]

2. Well, color me "surprised"! --

Shocked, in fact! :sarcasm:

I do, however think it is ironic to the point of unrealistic to expect a woman who has silicone breasts, dyed hair, plastic surgery (most probably... if not, at least Botox), and who wears enough make-up to make Bozo appalled, to be honest about, well......... anything? Are we just expecting too much from poor Ms. Harris????

TC