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To: Alighieri who wrote (461653)	3/6/2009 12:37:11 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575146

he's not doing his job

To: Alighieri who wrote (461653)	3/6/2009 1:33:42 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575146

"I read this morning that a congressman (GOP of course) has called for his resignation already." Not surprised. He really is doing a piss poor job. But, if they get rid of him now, it only cements the impression that Rush calls the shots. In other words, the Democrats have pwned them.

To: Alighieri who wrote (461653)	3/6/2009 2:39:41 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575146

Miss. House votes to bypass governor on stimulus By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS , 03.04.09, 05:49 PM EST After a three-hour debate that stretched from Pharisees to fried bologna, the Democratic-controlled Mississippi House voted Wednesday to bypass Republican Gov. Haley Barbour so the state can get its full share of federal stimulus money. Only a relatively small portion of the state's $2.8 billion from the stimulus package is in question. Barbour says he'll reject he'll reject about $56 million that would provide unemployment compensation to part-time workers. Mississippi only allows payments to people willing to work full time, and Barbour said he doesn't want to change state policies to get temporary federal money. The former Republican National Committee chairman is one of only a few governors rejecting part of the stimulus plan that marks the first major legislative accomplishment of Democratic President Barack Obama. All the sound in the fury in the House might signify nothing because both chambers of the Legislature must agree to circumvent the governor to accept the federal stimulus money on behalf of the state. Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant presides over the Senate and says he supports Barbour's decision. "We understand how important that stimulus money is," Bryant said in a short video sent to supporters Wednesday. "But we also understand there's part of it we don't want that's going to tie strings to the state of Mississippi that make us pay people who don't work, and we're just not going to take that." All 69 House members who voted for the resolution are Democrats. Five Democrats and 47 Republicans voted against it, and one Republican was absent. Barbour's spokesman could not immediately be reached Wednesday. Last week, the governor said if Mississippi pays unemployment benefits to part-time workers, "nobody knows how many people would come out of the woodwork." forbes.com