Last week was a good week if you have an (R-State) after your last name. The House GOP stood together and voted against the crap sandwich the kids like to call the Fiscal Suicide Act of 2009. The bill already seems to be D.O.A. on its way to the senate, as even Democrat senators are starting to think it stinks on ice.
So why exactly are the Republican governors encouraging the House and Senate to pass it?
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 crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama’s spending priorities.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state’s congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.
I suppose if the bill is going to be passed anyway, I can understand as a Governor wanting to make sure you got your share. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that while he wouldn’t have voted for the bill as a congressman, he will accept the stimulus money for his state.
And if the government is going to pass the bill anyway, it would all depend on how the states used the money they got. Here’s what Gov. Palin had said to Alaska’s congressional delegation prior to the House vote:
Although it is beyond my purview as Governor, I also urge you to consider how the economic stimulus package will affect the national debt and the future economic health of the country. The need for economic stimulus should not become an excuse for the continuation of the unsound policies of the past.
I guess what really bothers me is the Republican governors trying to pressure the House and Senate GOP into voting for THIS bill, which looks to be more and more of a crap sandwich as the days go on. If they were speaking in favour of “a” stimulus bill, that would be one thing.
But to pressure people into voting for FAS09 – and the whopping twelve cents of actual stimulus for every dollar spent – are these really the “future leaders of the party” everyone keeps telling us aboot?
UPDATE: At least we have Mark Sanford!
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