For Better Or Worse No Override

Today's Daily Advertiser ran an Associated Press article regarding the Senate's decision to back Governor Bobby Jindal's refusal of $98 million in federal stimulus funds. From the article:

Jindal refused the money because he said once the stimulus dollars run out, the expanded benefits would cost businesses more in unemployment taxes and cripple their ability to weather the recession."It raises taxes on the very employers that are struggling in this economy," Jindal labor secretary Tim Barfield told the Senate Labor Committee, which voted 4-2 on Sunday night against the bill.

Lawmakers who want to accept the stimulus money said the dollars were needed to help the growing number of unemployed workers in Louisiana, where the jobless rate has hit 6.2 percent. Some Democrats have accused the Republican governor of refusing the stimulus money to score partisan political points and enhance his national prominence.

Read the rest here.