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February 21, 2010

SALTER – Barbour’s unblemished veto record could change w/ Senate budget vote

SALTER – Barbour’s unblemished veto record could change w/ Senate budget vote Gov. Haley Barbour’s legislative vetoes have yet to fall victim to legislative override since he took office in 2004. That’s an enviable, virtually unprecedented political batting average for a Mississippi governor. But the state’s increasingly desperate budget situation may well blemish that record.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 21, 2010

NYT – States Have Not Yet Seen the Worst of Economic Times, Governors at Meeting Say

States Have Not Yet Seen the Worst of Economic Times, Governors at Meeting Say Given these problems, governors of both parties expressed concern about plans by Democrats in Congress to expand Medicaid, the program for low-income people. Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said the health bills passed by…