Stimulus: Texas Senate Defies Perry To Get Funds

Dallas Morning News:

In a sharp rebuff of Gov. Rick Perry, the Senate on Thursday tentatively voted to accept $555 million in unemployment aid from the federal economic stimulus plan.

Senators voted 22-9 in favor of a bill by Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, that would authorize state officials to receive the stimulus money to shore up Texas' trust fund for unemployed workers.

Read the whole story: Dallas Morning News

Comments

[lagumbo]

06:27 PM on 04/17/2009

It seems like Perry knows he will not beat Bailey-Hutchison in the next elections so he is angry at that, but what he doesn't know is that he has just delivered Texas to the Dems. I am loving it.

[jsgaetano]

05:52 PM on 04/17/2009

Thank you Perry! You've just tipped the entire state of Texas to what the GOP has planned... and to your surprise, most of them rejected it.

Perry may have singlehandedly delivered the entire state of Texas to the Democratic party for the next few generations.

[teron678]

04:47 PM on 04/17/2009

Perry is being challenged by a member from his own party for Governorship .... only when these folks are out of power or being challenged by their own party do you see them acting like conservatives& applying to the ultra right-wing of their party ....

[teron678]

04:48 PM on 04/17/2009

appealing*

[MaybeMilo]

04:23 PM on 04/17/2009

Gov. Perry needs to invest in a bottle of Lubriderm.

[rain33]

02:03 PM on 04/17/2009

who problem is that? they voted for perry and that is what exactly get- a man who cares about political future rather the people.wow,thousands of people are unemployed from texas and they can't get the money because their governor being a bonehead!

[postman606]

03:05 PM on 04/17/2009

What future? He is done next election, he can go back to his cotton farming business.

[platanoman]

02:01 PM on 04/17/2009

So he's going to take the money and succeed?

[JRBZ]

01:31 PM on 04/17/2009

Recently at a job fair in Dallas over 10,000 people showed up for what amounted to 200 to 250 jobs. It seems everybody knows somebody who is unemployed or underemployed. Perry won't even through them a life line to starve off foreclosure. Way to go Rick... won't be long til your voted out of office so you can feel what its like to be unemployed.

[munki]

01:30 PM on 04/17/2009

Perry... may have to find happiness outside the door now

[jsgaetano]

01:30 PM on 04/17/2009

Texas seems to be getting back in touch with their inner American.

Pretty soon, Texas will be a blue state. Hatred, tired rhetoric, and hypocricy only got the GOP so far.

[katsmom101]

01:27 PM on 04/17/2009

Oh please dear god, let Texas secede....

[TJCole]

01:17 PM on 04/17/2009

If people only realized how badly we have let these Texans harm our entire nation they would be more against them than Wall St...

Texas and Corruption and Greed are Synonymous...

[markytex]

01:16 PM on 04/17/2009

rick perry. a governor's governor. the people's person.

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

02:18 PM on 04/17/2009

You must be talking about another Rick Perry...This is Gov. Hair Products aka Rick Perry

[BabblingBrooks]

01:06 PM on 04/17/2009

So what is so surprising about heroin addicts voting for more heroin?

[christopherflynn]

01:26 PM on 04/17/2009

and I suspect that you'll turn down social security, any help from the feds with your healthcare,
schooling for your kids or grandkids (and hopefully you don't have too many-ignorance is genetic) and a whole host of services provided by the feds for your welfare...

[postman606]

03:06 PM on 04/17/2009

The Texas Senate voted you m0ron.

[lungfish]

01:02 PM on 04/17/2009

bwahahahahahahaha!
Its too bad everyone thinks Dubya is from Texas... that is his effect on our perspective regarding Texas.... Perry stuck his foot in his mouth and, in typical GOP fashion, has to find some way to make it go away....

The politcal fall out from aligning with the GOP is clearly dangerous, possibly fatal to GOP members... go figure....

[ICU1225]

12:42 PM on 04/17/2009

Perry, Joe Biden said "No one is following"