Tedisco clarifies stimulus bill stance
by Martha Foley on March 16th, 2009
Republican Jim Tedisco is fighting back in the 20th Congressional District race. Last week, polls showed he had lost a nearly 20-point lead to Democrat Scott Murphy. The Murphy campaign had hammered Tedisco for not taking a stand on the big federal bailout package. Meeting with reporters today, Tedisco spent 8 minutes clarifying — notably with a big “NO!” — he wouldn’t have voted for it. Hear it on All Before Five in half an hour…or tomorrow during the 8 O’Clock Hour.
Basically, Tedisco says it was loaded with earmarks — like money for snow-making in Michigan and Little League basball fields — and that money would be better spent giving tax cuts to the middle class.
