WASHINGTON – A group of Democratic senators may seek to halt stimulus funding for wind-energy projects over concerns that the program is subsidizing jobs overseas.

The dispute was prompted by a proposed wind farm in West Texas, whose investors planned to use Chinese-made turbines and seek a $450 million stimulus grant. The senators insist that stimulus funds shouldn’t go to projects that get most of their materials from abroad and create “the bulk of their jobs” in other countries.

“I don’t know anyone who thinks it’s right that we use tax dollars to hire workers in other countries,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. “The right thing is for the government to figure out how to do the program right in a way that works for American companies.”

The project’s developers say they’re doing that. Austin-based Cielo Wind Power LP says more than 70 percent of the turbine parts are American-made, including its steel towers and blades.

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