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  Texas Gov. Who Refused Stimulus Funds Asks for Loan
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Last EditedRP  Jul 17, 2009 12:27pm
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AuthorStephanie Condon
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News DateThursday, July 16, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionEarlier this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry was one of a handful of Republican governors who refused some federal stimulus funds from President Obama's economic recovery package on the grounds that there were too many strings attached to the money.

Now that the state is dire straits, however, Perry is asking the federal government for a loan to cover the very expenses the rejected stimulus money would have paid for.
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