# News stories about Congress members who take credit for programs that they voted against **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-about-congress-members-who-take-credit-for-programs-that-they-voted-against/995050 "2023-12-23T17:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-about-congress-members-who-take-credit-for-programs-that-they-voted-against/995050/1 "2023-12-23T17:18:31Z")
Over the past couple of years I’ve seen a number of stories identifying individuals who are doing this when giving speeches to their supporters. Has this become more widespread in recent years or is it just the result of so much information being available because of the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-about-congress-members-who-take-credit-for-programs-that-they-voted-against/995050/2 "2023-12-23T17:57:05Z")
I think it’s largely a function of GOP congresspeople accomplishing literally nothing. They have to tell their constituents something, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-about-congress-members-who-take-credit-for-programs-that-they-voted-against/995050/3 "2023-12-23T18:01:53Z")
More precisely, they have to (1) vote against **anything** proposed by the Biden administration to satisfy the MAGAts, but then (2) tell their constituents that they’ve done something for them, even if it’s a lie due to (1).