The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spending, and it's aiming where it hurts the most — at home in Arizona.The White House on Tuesday released letters from four cabinet secretaries to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, citing Kyl's comments and outlining transportation, housing, Indian education and other projects in his home state they said would be eliminated if the senator has his way.
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John McCain, the state's senior senator, backed up his colleague: "I strongly support the comments of Senator Kyl and call on the administration to retract its threat against the citizens of Arizona."
The president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry also came to Kyl's defense, posting a column Tuesday on the chamber's Web site under the headline: "Don't Bully Arizona."
"It is one thing to joust with Senator Kyl over his position, but it is an entirely different matter for Cabinet secretaries to write letters to the chief executive of a state and threaten funding if support isn't provided," wrote Glenn Hamer.
So this is how you silence dissent.
