Here’s a nice little tidbit: the so-called “stimulus” bill includes a provision that allows state legislatures (like, perhaps, South Carolina’s) to override their Governors’ (like, perhaps, Mark Sanford, R-SC) decision not to accept borrowed bailout funds, simply by passing a concurrent resolution.
In other words, state legislatures can override the GOP Governors out there who have kept their respective spines and integrity intact, and force the state to accept this dirty money over the wishes of that state’s chief executive.
The text, taken from pages 490-91 here (warning: massive .pdf file), reads as follows:
