VT Governor Shumlin (Chair of the Democratic Governors Association): GOP holds nation 'hostage
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has seen the enemy - and it is Republicans in Congress.
“The one thing that stands in our way of prosperity, of job creation, right now, is this Congress, which refuses to work with the president,” Shumlin said Friday at POLITICO’s State Solutions Conference, adding: “We have a Congress that is holding American prosperity hostage right now, we have Republican governors who are passing the tax policies they can’t get past a Democratic [Senate] and a Democratic president.”
Shumlin, the chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association, has pitched progressive leadership on the state level as a solution to what he calls an obstructionist GOP House of Representatives. Shumlin cited Vermont’s unemployment rate — the 6th lowest in the country — and income growth — it was the only state to see any in 2011 — as evidence his plans could work.
The most immediate threat to economic progress, he said, was the sequester, which would cut $1.2 trillion in domestic and defense spending if it goes into effect on March 1. Shumlin said the sequester would result in layoffs for firefighters and police officers in the Green Mountain State.
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