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This was mainly a proxy-war between neighboring Houston Congressmen John Culberson and Sheila Jackson Lee, but I really want to point out the following absurdities:

Metro chairman Gilbert Garcia said he had been "surprised that a congressman representing the citizens of Corpus Christi would get involved in our local matter."

Local matter? So the appropriation of tens of millions of federal dollars that come out of the pockets of taxpayers from across the nation is a "local matter"? Later in the article: . . . .

[Florida Democrat Congresswoman Corinne] Brown derided Republicans' attempted intervention, saying, "You all ought to be on the city council or the transit (committee). We're Congress."

Yes, I agree that planning of local projects should be left to local government. But here's an idea - how about letting local government pay for local projects as well.

Only a Democrat would think that stopping federal tax dollars from being spent on local boondoggles is somehow meddling in local issues.

And how is this getting through the Republican-controlled House?

Culberson’s my congresscritter. He gets it right most of the time.