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A approximately fullyyt partisan piece of legislation— Democrats voted for it, Republicans against— the tale of the way the invoice used to be handed and, extra importantly, how the money used to be spent and to what influence, is understood slightly in any respect. Stepping open air the political fray, ProPublica's Michael Grabell bargains a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic tale of what occurred to the tax payers' cash, pursuing the large query via behind-the-scenes interviews and on-the-ground reporting in additional than a dozen states around the kingdom.
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