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[IN] Daniels will request new stimulus money for schools, Medicaid
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 26, 2010 05:35pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Louisville Courier Journal |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Lesley Stedman Weidenbener • lstedman@courier-journal.com •
August 24, 2010
CORYDON – Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he’ll request that federal officials send Indiana more than $434 million in newly approved stimulus funds for schools and Medicaid, even though he opposed the legislation.
Federal officials said last week that governors must request the money, a move that put Daniels and other Republican governors in a tough spot because they had publicly criticized the $26 billion state aid package.
But on Tuesday during a visit to O’Bannon Woods State Park, the governor said he would make the request.
“Whether it’s wise from a national standpoint, whether it’s really doing anything about the private economy where we need the jobs, that’s an open question to say the least,” Daniels said. “But Congress has decided to do it. So of course, we’ll try to put it … to the most productive uses we can find.”
Democratic budget writers had urged Daniels to take the money. U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th District, said Tuesday that the governor had little choice but to request it.
Failing to do so “would have a negative effect on teachers in Indiana and state government in Indiana,” Hill said. “This is an important program.”
Still, Daniels said the money “has strings all over it” that could prevent Indiana from making its best use of the money. |
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