WASHINGTON-Republican senators released a report Tuesday singling out 100 projects funded by the White House's economic-stimulus plan that they call wasteful, including spending on certain scientific research, lv bag little-used public infrastructure and leisure facilities.

Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona also highlighted stimulus-funded construction work which appeared to be inefficient or has been described as disrupting local businesses, in a list of gucci projects which they say "give taxpayers the blues."

Both men have campaigned on the subject of government spending in recent years and have published two previous lists of stimulus projects they oppose. The lists, derived from local newspaper articles and reports filed gucci bags by the recipients of stimulus dollars, have helped fuel opposition among conservatives to the stimulus package passed in February 2009.

In response, the White House released its own list of ten inaccuracies in the senators' reporting, saying that they had included projects which had been canceled or were not funded by the stimulus plan, and distorted details of others.Liz Oxhorn, the White House spokeswoman on the stimulus plan, described the list as "yet another partisan political document from Senators McCain and Coburn links of london bracelet that is full of false, misleading and misguided attacks" and noted that some of the projects included in the list had been praised by other Republicans.

The latest report described funding for scientists at U.S. institutions to conduct research overseas, such as a study of exotic ants in the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands and east Africa; support for social sciences investigations, including $317,000 for researchers studying voter response to media coverage of political campaigns; and stimulus funding for students to gain Coco Chanel "international research experience.

The National Science Foundation received $3 billion in the stimulus package to award as research grants, most of which went for energy or climate-related research, or work in hard-science fields.Defenders of the awards, Adalgiso including those made for social sciences, say that they were intended to help protect longer-term investments in academic research.

The NIH, which is handling $9.5 billion in stimulus money for research grants, has previously said that projects have gone through a rigorous peer-review process. Sally Rockey, the agency's acting deputy director for extramural research, said in an interview that some of the topics listed involved research on "enormous public health issues" that the agency was obliged to sunlight pierced the eye address.

The senators also drew attention to the use of funds for leisure and tourism facilities, including some which they said were currently closed to the public or rarely used.The stimulus bill included an amendment to prevent early lilac dollars going to museums, sporting stadiums, casinos or swimming pools. The list from the senators included examples of spending which has skirted that requirement.ZMC