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Schumer to GOP: Stimulus Is All or Nothing

Governors can't cherry-pick favorite parts, senator argues

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 24, 2009 1:46 PM CST
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(Newser) – Chuck Schumer thinks governors ought to have one choice when it comes to the stimulus: Take it or leave it. The New York senator is fed up with Republicans like Bobby Jindal and Mark Sanford, who want to grab some federal cash while refusing the rest on ideological grounds. “These governors should be given the choice as to whether to accept the funds,” says Schumer. “But it should not be multiple choice.”

In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Schumer argues that letting Jindal and Co. cherry-pick their favorite parts of the law would give them line-item veto power even the president doesn’t have. He’s asking the office to issue implementation guidance that clearly makes stimulus acceptance an our-way-or-the-highway proposition.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, arrives for the cloture vote on the Stimulus Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The cloture vote passed 61-36.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, arrives for the cloture vote on the Stimulus Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The cloture vote passed 61-36.   (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, has an interchange with Paul Volcker as the Senate Banking Committee examines ways to modernize the financial regulatory system, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 4, 2009.
Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, has an interchange with Paul Volcker as the Senate Banking Committee examines ways to modernize the financial regulatory system, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is seen in Kenner, La. in a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo.
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is seen in Kenner, La. in a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
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Doctor-Zaius
Feb 26, 2009 6:48 AM CST
Just more BS grand-standing by the philosophically and morally bankrupt obstructionist GOP.
Doctor-Zaius
Feb 26, 2009 6:47 AM CST
Maybe Jindal will come to your house and perform exorcisms! Yeah! You can have that nut-job.
bacimom
Feb 25, 2009 8:30 PM CST
Chuck is right. All or nothing and no cherrypicking. If the congressmen and senators from those states refused to vote for it even after they bragged about getting amendments into it, and the Governors don't approve of it then let their people suffer and decide in 2010. As Arnie said Sunday, if they don't want it California will be happy to take it.

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