Use 'Em Or Lose 'Em
February 20, 2009
| 11:52 PM
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, and his vice chairman, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, will call on their Republican counterparts to use the state funds provided by the $787B economic stimulus package signed this week by Pres. Obama or lose them.
Schweitzer and O'Malley will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the St. Regis Hotel to urge those GOPers who have criticized the stimulus to do what's best for their states and take the money.
So much for a peaceful first meeting of the nation's governors during the Obama era. Financial stress, intra- and cross-party feuding, political jockeying for 2012 and a massive national economic crisis to boot. Drama ahead.
(JS)
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