GOP leader seeks Obama meeting on stimulus plan
By The Associated Press
This article was published January 22, 2009 at 6:37 a.m.
WASHINGTON — A House Republican leader says the GOP is seeking a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss concerns the minority party in Congress has with parts of $825 billion economic recovery program.
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia said Republicans want to cooperate with the new administration, but that many facets of the stimulus program being pushed by majority Democrats would not create jobs.
Cantor, interviewed on CBS's "The Early Show" Thursday, said that on the Hill, "there's a lot of discussion about ramping up more government spending" and that Republicans are concerned about that.
Cantor said Republicans worry that much of the plan that Democrats are pushing "does not stimulate the economy." He singled out a provision for weatherizing poor people's homes, causing it a worthy goal but saying it does nothing to create new jobs.
For more information see Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
