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Vote: | I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians. |
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Vote: | Some people believe state government is being run so efficiently that no money can be saved. I am not one of those people. |
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Vote: | The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision. |
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Vote: | To that end I am proposing an agenda that can be summed up by three words: Momentum, UpGrade and Streamline. We must continue our Momentum in job creation and economic growth, UpGrade education in this tough budget period and Streamline that budget back into structural balance. |
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Vote: | We cannot tax or cut enough in three and a half months to cover a $268 million deficit - that is not a political statement it is a mathematical fact. The longer the Legislature waits the more dire the circumstances become for Mississippi's Medicaid recipients. |
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Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is a Republican politician from Mississippi. He is the current governor of that state.
A Yazoo County native, he received a degree from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973.
In 1982, he was the Republican candidate for United States Senate but lost to incumbent Democrat John C. Stennis. Afterwards, Barbour was President Ronald Reagan's Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years. During his tenure as Republican National Committee chairman from 1993 to 1997, the Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress and gained a majority of governorships. Barbour went on to become an influential lobbyist and served as chairman of then-Governor George W. Bush's presidential campaign advisory committee in 2000.
In 2003, he announced his intention to run for governor of Mississippi. On August 5, 2003, he won the Republican gubernatorial primary. Barbour defeated incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove in the general election on November 4, with 53% of the vote to Musgrove's 46%, and became the second Republican governor elected in Mississippi since Reconstruction. He took office in January 2004. He had been rumored to be a possible presidential candidate. (http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppin074206645apr07,0,7779186.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines)
As of 05/10/05, Haley Barbour's approval ratings were 37% approving, 55% disapproving. (http://www.surveyusa.com/50governorsrated051005.htm)
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