Congress May Not Be Able To Force States To Accept Stimulus Money.

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Can states override govs on stimulus? Report casts doubts
By James Rosen

WASHINGTON — A new nonpartisan congressional report to be released on Wednesday raises constitutional questions about whether state legislatures have the power to seek economic-stimulus funds that their governors reject.
Such questions could imperil stimulus funds for South Carolina and Texas, whose governors have said that they'd reject some of their states' share of the money.
The report by the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress, casts doubt on a key provision of the $787 billion stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed into law last month, according to people familiar with the report, who couldn't be named because they weren't authorized to discuss it publicly.