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Defend America on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:42:27 PM
"Thinly-Veiled Threats"? White House Suggests Arizona Republicans Put Up or Shut Up
July 14, 2009 10:27 PM
In
a coordinated response to comments made by an Arizona Republican
senator calling for a the stimulus bill to be halted, the Obama
administration this week coordinated a series of letters to the
governor of Arizona, with the implicit message: put up or shut up.
Arizona Republicans responded that the White House was bullying their state.
On This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday,
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said of the $787 billion stimulus package, "the
reality is it hasn't helped yet. Only about 6.8 percent of the money
has actually been spent. What I proposed is, after you complete the
contracts that are already committed, the things that are in the
pipeline, stop it."
A day later, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer received letters from Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar all pointing out the billions headed to Arizona.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/thinly-veiled-threats-white-house-suggests-arizona-republicans-put-up-or-shut-up.html