Most Republican Governors Back Congress Passing The Stimulus Plan

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February 1st, 2009
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief

What is WRONG with these Republican Governors? Haven’t they been listening to Rush Limbaugh?

Or do they have some things that Rush doesn’t have at his microphone and that Congressmen elected to conservative districts don’t have — such as responsibilities to broad-based constituencies and a responsibility as administrators and problem solvers, versus practitioners of hot-button rhetoric?

Inquiring minds want to know about this:

Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama’s spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state’s share of the package.
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