Sanford Stimulus

Sam Stein

Sanford's Hiking Trail Got Stimulus Money He Opposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Gov. Mark Sanford has spent a good part of South Carolina's past legislative session railing against, and even actively turning down, portions of Bara...

Mark Sanford Asks For Stimulus Funds "Under Duress"

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford requested stimulus cash for the state's schools Monday, telling the U.S. education secretary h...

Court Orders Gov. Sanford To Accept Stimulus Money

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Supreme Court ordered Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday to request $700 million in federal stimulus money aimed pr...

Mark Sanford Sues State Assembly To Block Stimulus Funds

Miami Herald | John O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Gov. Mark Sanford is taking the General Assembly to court after lawmakers required him to accept $350 million in disputed federal money by overriding ...

Sanford Stimulus Rejection Sparks Rally In South Carolina

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

South Carolina residents who want Gov. Mark Sanford to take federal stimulus money designated for education will rally in Greenville. The so-called "...

Sanford On Stimulus: South Carolina Doesn't Really Need It

Charlotte Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

School district leaders and town elders quizzed S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford Wednesday about his stance on federal stimulus funds, pressing him to explain w...

"Sanfordville": South Carolina Tent City Named After Stimulus-Rejecting Governor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Protesters are setting up a tent city in a popular downtown park they're dubbing "Sanfordville" to bring attention to Gov. Mark Sanford's opposition t...

Sam Stein

GOP Strategists Defend Sanford, Others, For Taking Stimulus Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The decision by a host of conservative governors to accept the entire portion of the stimulus package destined for their states would seem, on the sur...

Mark Sanford: Stimulus Supporters The "Real Fringe"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Governors usually don't argue about whether they should take money from the federal government, just how much they should get. Yet ...