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GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill      (AP)
GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill (AP)
AP - 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.
The Associated Press: GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill
google.com — 22 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) 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 ... (more) The Associated Press: GOP governors press Congress to ...
Republican Governors Urge Congress to Pass Stimulus Bill - Presidential Politics | Political News
foxnews.com — NEW YORK -- 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 ... (more) Republican Governors Urge Congress to Pass Stimulus Bill ...
"Overwhelming" GOP Opposition to Stimulus Bill
corner.nationalreview.com — Just talked to a very clued-in Republican on the Hill. This person wouldn't predict a unanimous Republican vote against the Democratic stimulus package, but said there would be "minimal" GOP support of the bill. "I don't know if it will be unanimous, ... (more) "Overwhelming" GOP Opposition to Stimulus Bill
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The other Republican officials
Political Animal — THE OTHER REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS.... Congressional Republicans oppose the Obama administration's economic stimulus package. Media Republicans oppose the Obama administration's economic stimulus package. But then there are those other Republicans who actually have to govern during this economic crisis. 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 ...

Republicans Can't Understand Why Obama Doesn't Adopt Their Program Of Failure and Ruin
DownWithTyranny! — ... Broder, of course, would never in a million years think to ask the real front-line Republicans-- the party's governors, who have to face real families in real pain all over America, not just Grover Norquist, Tony Perkins and Rush Limbaugh sucking down weenies at Villager cocktail parties. The Republican governors see it a little differently from the viciously partisan ideologues and obstructionists. ...

Crist Will Join Obama
Hoffmania! — ... Not much of a surprise, actually. Just about every GOP governor was rallying for the original bill to pass since it benefits their states. ...

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