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In April, the Economic Development Administration gave a $2 million grant to build a "culinary amphitheater," wine tasting room, and gift shop in Richland, Wash. In January, it spent $1 million on an "innovation conference center" in Arkansas to promote "cultural enrichment." In 2008, Senate Maority Leader Harry Reid hand-delivered a $2 million EDA check to the