While the 14th district is not one that we are covering regularly, it is a race that might be interesting. More to the point, however, today it gives us some out-of-the-ordinary election news. Generally, when you don’t support a bill (i.e. vote for it), you don’t try to laud its passing. However, incumbent Representative Ron Paul (R) recently put out a press release highlighting his supposed role in securing hurricane recovery funds for his coastal-Texas district:

Congressman Paul was instrumental in making sure the promised level of reimbursement from FEMA—fully 90% of the expenses incurred by local governments—was included in the final bill. He worked closely with his congressional colleagues… to make the Appropriations committee aware of the importance of hurricane recovery funding

The only problem with his Herculean efforts to ensure recovery funding for Texas? He didn’t vote for the bill. But, when you write a nice letter, it is certainly worth trying to take credit for the whole thing.