Schumer Asks for GOP-Rejected Stimulus Cash
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:02 PM


Watch out Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina, New York and California would love those dollars you turn down from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

A few governors, namely Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, South Carolina’s Mark Sanford and Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, have all said that they may turn down some of the stimulus money for their states, particularly aid aimed at bolstering unemployment benefit programs.

“We can’t pay for the benefits already in the program, but to get the stimulus money, we’ve got to increase the program’s size and scale,â€