They urge opposition to it, on solid grounds:
"Hours before a meeting with President Barack Obama, House Republican leaders sought to rally opposition Tuesday to a White House-backed economic stimulus measure with an $825 billion price tag. Several officials said that Reps. John Boehner of Ohio, the GOP leader, and Eric Cantor of Virginia, his second-in-command, delivered the appeal at a closed-door meeting of the Republican rank and file. Both men said the legislation contains too much wasteful spending that will not help the economy recover from its worst nosedive since the Great Depression, the officials added."
That's fine. But let's not kid ourselves--Republicans during the Bush years cooperated too easily and eagerly in runaway government spending. Conservative Republicans are going to have to show that they mean it this time. And that will only come over time, and in rejecting pork-barrel goodies even when they might benefit somebody in YOUR district.
