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D.C. Dispatches by Derek Wallbank

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    Walz expects zero GOP votes for jobs bill

    By Derek Wallbank | Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 9:54 am

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Tim Walz said Democrats must be willing to go it alone if they want to pass a new jobs-focused stimulus bill, a "tough vote" the 1st District Democrat said he is ready and willing to take.

    Asked Monday if he expected any Republicans to cross the aisle and vote for a new jobs-focused stimulus package — regardless of what was in it — Walz replied: "I don't expect to have any. If we voted to say today was Monday, I don't think we'd get many [Republican] votes."

    House Republicans stood united against the first stimulus bill in January, a disciplined opposition that has largely continued to hold the line on major issues like health care reform, when all but one Republican voted against the Democrats' bill.

    Walz said he's looking for the new bill to be "more focused on transportation," to the point that it's "the core of the jobs bill."

    "If I had my way, I would have had more transportation funding the first time," Walz said.

    Washington Bureau | Tue, Jan 19 2010 9:54 am | 1 Comment

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    Derek Wallbank is MinnPost's Washington, D.C., correspondent, covering Minnesota's congressional delegation and reporting on developments out of Washington that are important to Minnesota readers. After graduating from Michigan State University, he covered Michigan politics for the Gongwer News Service, a publication aimed at political insiders. Later he became a reporter for the Lansing State Journal, writing about education and politics and founding the Journal's respected politics blog. Most recently he was a researcher and reporter with Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at dwallbank[at]minnpost[dot]com.

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