AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Ossoff claims credit for Georgia military funding he voted against as Senate re-election heats up
Sen. Jon Ossoff is publicly touting millions in Georgia military construction funding from a bill he voted against at final passage, a pattern that Republican critics now call a campaign-season habit. The Georgia Democrat, who serves as the ranking member on the Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, has promoted his role in […] The post Ossoff claims credit for Georgia military funding he voted against as Senate re-election heats up appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. Jon Ossoff is publicly touting millions in Georgia military construction funding from a bill he voted against at final passage, a pattern that Republican critics now call a campaign-season habit. The Georgia Democrat, who serves as the ranking member on the Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, has promoted his role in securing $127.4 million to replace Dexter Elementary School at Fort Benning and $8 million for improvements at Fort Stewart. Both line items appeared in the Military Construction and Veteran Affairs funding bill, known as MilCon-VA. Ossoff voted for that bill in committee and as a standalone measure. But when the legislation reached the Senate floor bundled with a broader government funding…Open