Fox News - April 02, 2009
Democratic Organizers Embellish Petition Backing Obama Budget
Organizers of a petition in support of President Obama's budget plan say they brought more than 640,000 petitions to the Capitol Wednesday, but the number of unique petitions delivered fell considerably short of the reported figure.
Lawmakers are voting on a $3.6 trillion-dollar budget which has drawn fire from both Republicans and some Democrats concerned over the ballooning deficit.
Democrats fired up their campaign machine several weeks ago to trumpet Obama's budget request, working with the president to tap the grassroots that Obama reached during his campaign.
Obama taped a Web-based appeal under the New Foundation for Growth banner, and Democrats asked 13 million of his supporters to sign a petition backing his spending plan.
But petition collectors actually got 114,000 signatures off the e-mail request, and another 100,000 from street signatures, FOX News has confirmed. Democrats then made three copies of each petition. (continues...)
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