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What Governors have supported bailout money for their states?
Posted by Joshua Culling - December 02, 2008I'll admit, I was getting jealous. With all the bailout talk at the federal level, the state government affairs guys such as myself were starting to feel left out. Then the Governator started begging, and now bailout fever has spread to state governments. Why control your spending addictions when you can get free money from the feds? With the number of Governor's mansions calling for bailout money increasing daily, I figured I'd put together a list of those on record asking for some sort of "stimulus" package for the states. If you know of any others, please post their names with a link in the comments.
Surely there are others,
including NC House Speaker Joe Hackney (also president of the National Conference of State Legislators). This is definitely a list worth keeping an eye on.
**EDIT: Add
CO Gov. Ritter,
IA Gov. Culver,
IN Gov. Daniels,
MT Gov. Schweitzer,
NY Gov. Paterson,
WA Gov. Gregoire, and
MI Gov. Granholm to the list.
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Richard said on Dec 09 2008 at 1:58pm
Getting to be ridiculous!! How far do we go without saying,, SORRY!! The National Bank of the USA is temporarily closed!!
Amber Gunn said on Dec 15 2008 at 3:46pm
Governor Gregoire in Washington has gone on record requesting "something short of $1 billion" for infrastructure projects, Medicaid reimbursement and other assistance.
This isn't specifically money to close the manufactured budget deficit next biennium, but it is a kind of bailout nonetheless.
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=111605
Here is more info on Washington's budget deficit: http://www.effwa.org/main/article.php?article_id=2622
Sergeant Slaughter said on Dec 16 2008 at 8:35am
Massachusetts is a would-be double-dipper. First the Treasurer asked for a loan:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05massloan.html?_r=1&ref=business
And then the Governor asked for spending largesse:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/10/patrick_seeks_federal_aid_for_state/
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