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Rep. John Curtis, Congress blasted by US Conference of Mayors for leaving cities, states out of relief package

The Utah Republican has argued that states and local governments who haven’t saved for a rainy day shouldn’t now be rewarded at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.

(Tribune and AP file photos) Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, left, and Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley, vice president for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Whaley criticized Curtis, a former Provo mayor, on CNN Tuesday, Dec. 22, over his remarks about the pressure Congress faced to include cities and states in the economic aid package passed Monday.

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