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August 25, 2009

Travis Childers claims ‘stimulus’ is working

Travis Childers claims ‘stimulus’ is working Representative Travis Childers (D-Mississippi) says he does not regret voting for the bill in February. “I think that the stimulus is helping; I think it is working,” he shares. “I don’t know how to grade it on a scale, but I can tell you Mississippi would have certainly been…
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August 24, 2009

Southern Govs ask about state costs under health reform

Southern Govs ask about state costs under health reform Mississippi’s Gov. Haley Barbour said he has cut his state’s budget twice, and Mississippi’s Legislature also made cuts. A projected $400 million more per year for his state to expand Medicare can’t be done, he said. “If the states have to pay part of the cost…