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February 20, 2009

MCB – Mostly on the stimulus

Mostly on the stimulus “I think people looked at how generous Congress has been in the past,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. “(The states) have to demonstrate that they can be good custodians of the money.” Thompson and others say new funding wasn’t necessary in the…
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February 20, 2009

Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS) desperately defends stimulus vote – ‘Doing nothing wasn’t an option’

Childers on stimulus: ‘Doing nothing wasn’t an option’ “Doing nothing wasn’t an option,” he said. “I don’t think the people who voted for me wanted me to go up there and do nothing.” It would have been easier, he said, to press the “no” button, but that wouldn’t have created a job or helped one…