阿拉巴马州共和党众议员加里·帕尔默面临尖锐的批评，因为他吹捧《联邦宪法》中的一项条款为他的选区带来的好处基础设施法案他投了反对票。

周一，也就是乔·拜登总统签署了1.2万亿美元法案成为法律帕尔默发布了一份新闻稿，赞扬他引入的一项条款，该条款将3.69亿美元用于北环线项目，这是一条52英里长的六车道走廊，正在他的家乡建设中。

帕尔默在一份声明中说:“资助北环线一直是我的首要任务之一。”声明。“伯明翰目前是全国最大的都市圈之一，周围没有一条完整的环线。完成北环线将使整个地区受益，并增加经济发展和就业机会。”

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2017年3月16日，来自阿拉巴马州的共和党众议员加里·帕尔默在华盛顿特区的众议院预算委员会加价听证会上聆听。

他继续引用阿巴拉契亚地区委员会的估计，该项目将在10年内产生超过20亿美元的年度经济影响，并创造14，000个就业机会。

“这是我们作为一个地区和一个国家一直在争取的机会。现在是我们利用这一点完成工作的时候了，完成北环线，为伯明翰地铁区和阿拉巴马州中部建设一个更美好的未来，”帕尔默说。

但帕尔默此前曾在该法案于11月6日通过时予以抨击，并在一份声明中表示声明他支持基础设施资金“专注于国家优先事项，而不是在人类基础设施的幌子下，在绿色新政愿望清单和项目上浪费数千亿美元，这些只是扩大政府对我们生活的控制。”

而2007年为75亿美元新资金被预留用于建设电动汽车充电站，这是绿色新政中的一项规定，该法案侧重于核心基础设施需求，包括5500亿美元的新支出。

在这位共和党议员在推特上谈论该法律后，民主党人抨击了他，认为他是一个“伪君子”，因为帕尔默似乎因该条款惠及他的家乡州而受到称赞，但没有提到他对该法案的“不”票。

“你是说你投票反对的资助?那笔资金?加州民主党众议员埃里克·斯威尔在推文中说。

帕尔默国会大厦办公室发言人伊丽莎白·汉策(Elizabeth Hance)表示，帕尔默反对的是整个法案“充满问题，包括与传统基础设施无关的项目。”

“他在最初的新闻稿中说，北环线是一项积极的措施，尽管他反对整体立法。如果他们把他起草的法案作为一项独立的立法，甚至是一个真正为基础设施付费的一揽子计划提交讨论，他会支持整个法案。他们没有，”她在与美国广播公司新闻分享的一份声明中说。“他支持自己撰写的一项条款并不奇怪，该条款在最初发布的基础设施法案中有所提及。”

众议院议长南希·佩洛西预测，共和党人将为承诺在全国各地投资的立法而受到称赞，正如她今年早些时候所说的那样，当时民主党人在两院都没有共和党人投票的情况下通过了《美国救助新冠肺炎法案》。

“在建设基础设施方面，我们远远落后于我们应该达到的水平，”佩洛西在3月份的国会山新闻发布会上说，当被问及这一努力是否会在新冠肺炎救援行动失败后获得共和党的支持时。“所以，我希望它会，因为它会在他们的地区。同样，他们会投反对票，拿走钱，出现在剪彩会和其他场合。”

今年4月，她再次批评共和党，用同样的表达方式给他们打上烙印。

“投反对票，拿钱，这是共和党人的做法。但这对人们没有帮助，”她说。

担任全国共和党参议员委员会主席的佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特(Rick Scott)上周在参议院通过该法案后承认，共和党议员可能会为基础设施项目邀功，即使他们投票反对这项立法——他就是这样做的。

直接问美国有线电视新闻网对于投票反对这项立法的共和党人是否会承诺不吹嘘这些项目，斯科特说，“当然不会。”

他说:“通过的每一项法案可能都有好的一面，但这并不意味着你支持整个法案。

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2021年11月15日，美国总统乔·拜登在白宫南草坪的一次活动中签署了《基础设施投资和就业法案》。

仅仅13众议院共和党人尽管基础设施法案在共和党领导层强烈反对后很受欢迎，但还是投票支持了该法案。这些议员已经面临来自该党和前总统唐纳德·特朗普的极端反弹，特朗普誓言支持针对他们的主要挑战。

在参议院，19名共和党人加入了民主党。参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔就是其中之一吹捧这项立法在他的家乡肯塔基州被称为“对国家有益”。

麦康奈尔周二在国会山对记者表示:“我看到前两届政府都在努力解决如何满足国家基础设施需求的问题。" 75%的美国人支持基础设施建设."

拜登议程的第二部分重建更好的行为关注“人类基础设施”——预计本周众议院将进行投票，但两院都没有共和党人的支持。

House Republican touts benefits of infrastructure law he voted against

Alabama Republican Rep. Gary Palmer faced sharp criticism after he touted the benefits for his district from a provision in theinfrastructure billhe voted against.

On Monday, the same day President Joe Biden signed the$1.2 trillion bill into law, Palmer issued a press release taking credit for a provision he introduced directing $369 million to the Northern Beltline project, a 52-mile, six-lane corridor under construction in his home state.

"Funding the Northern Beltline has consistently been one of my top priorities," Palmer said in astatement. "Birmingham is currently one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country without a complete beltline around it. Completing the Northern Beltline will benefit the entire region and enhance economic development and employment opportunities."

He went on to cite the Appalachian Regional Commission for estimating the project will have an annual economic impact exceeding $2 billion in 10 years and create 14,000 jobs.

"This is the opportunity we have been working for as a region and a state. Now is the time for us to take advantage of it and complete the work by finishing the Northern Beltline and building a better future for the Birmingham metro area and central Alabama," Palmer said.

But Palmer had previously blasted the bill when it passed on Nov. 6 and said in astatementthat he supported infrastructure funding "focused on national priorities rather than wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on a Green New Deal wish list and programs under the guise of human infrastructure that simply expand government control of our lives."

While $7.5 billion innew fundsare set aside to build out electric vehicle charging stations, a provision in the Green New Deal, the bill is focused on core infrastructure needs and includes $550 billion in new spending.

Democrats blasted the GOP congressman after he tweeted about the law, deeming him a "hypocrite" as Palmer appeared to take credit for the provision benefitting his home state but failed to mention his "no" vote on the bill.

"You mean the funding you voted against? That funding? #DemocratsDeliver," said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., in a tweet.

Elizabeth Hance, a spokesperson in Palmer's Capitol office, said Palmer's opposition was to the overall bill being "full of problems, including items not related to traditional infrastructure."

"He said in the initial release that the Northern Beltline was a positive measure, even though he opposed the overall legislation. Had they brought the bill he authored to the floor as a stand-alone piece of legislation, or even a package that was truly paid-for infrastructure, he would have supported the overall bill. They did not," she said in a statement shared with ABC News. "It should not be surprising that he supports a provision that he authored and that was noted in the initial release about the infrastructure bill."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted Republicans would take credit for the legislation promising investments in every pocket of the country, as she said they had done earlier this year when Democrats passed the American Rescue Act for COVID-19 relief without a single Republican vote in either chamber.

"We're way behind where we should be in terms of building infrastructure," Pelosi said at a Capitol Hill press conference in March, asked if that effort will get GOP support after COVID-19 relief did not. "So, I would hope it will, because it will be in their districts. Again, they'll vote no and take the dough, show up at the ribbon-cutting and the rest."

She criticized the GOP again in April, branding them with the same expression.

"Vote no, take the dough, that's what Republicans do. But that doesn't help people," she said.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledged last week after the bill passed the Senate that Republican lawmakers may take credit for infrastructure projects even if they voted against the legislation -- as he did.

Asked directly byCNNwhether Republicans who voted against the legislation would commit to not bragging about the projects, Scott said, "Of course not."

"There's probably something good in every bill that passes, that doesn't mean you support the entire bill," he said.

Only13 House Republicansvoted for the infrastructure bill despite its popularity after GOP leadership whipped against the bill. Those lawmakers are already facing extreme backlash from the party and former President Donald Trump who has vowed to support primary challenges against them.

In the Senate, 19 Republicans joined Democrats. One of those was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who hastouted the legislationas "good for the country" in his home state of Kentucky.

"I watched each of the two previous administrations struggle with the issue of how to meet the infrastructure needs of the country," McConnell told reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill. "Seventy-five percent of the American people support infrastructure."

The second part of Biden's agenda -- theBuild Back Better Actfocused on "human infrastructure" -- is expected to see a House vote this week but to have no Republican support in either chamber.