GOP Governors layout own agenda with Washington gridlocked

The Washington Times ^ | 11/21/2013 | Ralph Z. Hallow

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In the absence of a clear agenda from a Congress widely labeled as dysfunctional, Republican governors used their annual meeting to identify broad policies they believe the nation needs to embrace, ranging from education, public employee-pension and tax reform to regulatory relief, transportation and energy infrastructure.

At their conference this week, the 30 Republican governors went all out to make the case that they, not Washington, are still the laboratories of democracy and innovation. Washington intra- and interparty bickering until now has largely drowned out their message and hidden their accomplishments, they argued.

“We have a great story to tell – it’s about creating jobs,” said South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a year into his job, said the contrast between his experience in Congress and working with his fellow “Republican governors has been very eye-opening.” He too said Washington is dysfunctional – “not only broke, but broken.”

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The Republicans who oppose Obama want to give power back to the states.

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REAL Republicans that actually oppose Obams! Who knew!