Claim: Before he gave the Republican rebuttal to Tuesday night's presidential address, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was making headlines by saying he would leave some of President Obama's stimulus funds on the table. Other southern GOP governors, such as Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Mark Sanford of South Carolina, said they may follow his lead. Jindal announced last week, and reiterated Feb. 22 on NBC's "Meet the Press," that he would not be applying for some unemployment insurance funding available to his state through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,
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Verdict: before he gave the republican rebuttal to tuesday night's presidential address, louisiana gov. bobby jindal was making headlines by saying he would leave some of president obama's stimulus funds on the table. other southern gop governors, such as haley barbour of mississippi and mark sanford of south carolina, said they may follow his lead. jindal announced last week, and reiterated feb. 22 on nbc's "meet the press," that he would not be applying for some unemployment insurance funding available to his state through the american recovery and reinvestment act,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Justin Bank
Date published: 2009-02-27T17:02:03