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Remember those Georgia Republican Congressmen who bellyached about President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan? Their constituents might see most of its benefits.

From Jim Galloway at the AJC:

Not surprisingly, according to the White House, the stimulus will be the greatest boon in north metro Atlanta congressional districts whose Republican representatives opposed it.

The package will create or save about 9,900 jobs in Georgia’s 7th congressional district, represented by John Linder of Duluth.

Another 9,200 jobs will be created or saved in Georgia’s 6th District, which is represented by Republican Tom Price of Roswell.

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Of the 15 senators and representatives representing Georgia in Congress, number who are millionaires: 11

Percentage of Americans in 2005 whose net worth exceeded $1 million: 3

Median family income in Georgia in 2005: $53,744

Annual salary of U.S. senators and representatives: $165,000

Amount Rep. John Linder, worth $23.5 million, says he earned in royalties from the book The Fair Tax, co-authored with talk-show host Neal Boortz: $500,000

Approximate tax owed on $500,000 book income: $147,206

Tax Linder would owe on $500,000 book income if his Fair Tax proposal became law: $0

Combined self-reported net worth of Republican senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss: $12.7 million

Cost over five years of children’s health-care funding that Isakson and Chambliss voted against last week: $35 billion

Cost over next decade of extending Bush-proposed tax cuts, a proposal both senators support: $1 trillion

Sources: Macon Telegraph, U.S. Census Bureau, CNN Money.com, the Center for Responsive Politics, Washington Post, MoneyChimp.com, Congressional Budget Office

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