that year, governor perry made a big show of railing against the stimulus, even saying that texas might want to secede from the union at a tea party rally in austin. no, it turns out texas has ultimately accepted about $17 billion in stimulus dollars. including money funding projects this year, so perhaps mr. no relation perry is right and what s been good for jobs in texas would, in fact, be good for jobs nationally, more stimulus. joining me now is texas state representative mark strama, a democrat that represents one of my favorite cities in texas, austin. nice to have you with us tonight. hi, melissa, and i want to make it clear, though we bear a passing resemblance, i m not related to him either. very good, neither of us are related to rick perry. you ve been in texas politics for a long time and really know this state.
union at a tea party rally in austin. no, it turns out texas has ultimately accepted about $17 billion in stimulus dollars. including money funding projects this year, so perhaps mr. no relation perry is right and what s been good for jobs in texas would, in fact, be good for jobs nationally, more stimulus. joining me now is texas state representative mark strama, a democrat that represents one of my favorite cities in texas, austin. nice to have you with us tonight. hi, melissa, and i want to make it clear, though we bear a passing resemblance, i m not related to him either. very good, neither of us are related to rick perry. you ve been in texas politics for a long time and really know this state. are you surprised by the numbers that i just read on government hiring, does that fit with what
creation in texas, government hiring. remember back in february 2009 when president obama signed the recovery act and how on tax day that year, governor perry made a big show of railing against the stimulus, even saying that texas might want to secede from the union at a tea party rally in austin. no, it turns out texas has ultimately accepted about $17 billion in stimulus dollars. including money funding projects this year, so perhaps mr. no relation perry is right and what s been good for jobs in texas would, in fact, be good for jobs nationally, more stimulus. joining me now is texas state representative mark strama, a democrat that represents one of my favorite cities in texas, austin. nice to have you with us tonight. hi, melissa, and i want to make it clear, though we bear a passing resemblance, i m not related to him either. very good, neither of us are