NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A critic of New Orleans’ newest congressman says a group will head to Washington next week to express appreciation for the stimulus package President Barack Obama pushed through Congress last month.
New Orleans minister Toris Young said Tuesday the trip is a reaction to the vote by Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (Gow) against the stimulus.
Cao, a Republican, has defended his vote, saying the bill was too expensive and that it created fewer jobs in his 2nd Congressional District than in any other district.
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Young is a leader of a recall effort against Cao, who took office in January. Louisiana’s attorney general and others say there is no legal way to recall a congressman but Young says his group will press the matter in court.
