12-10-2008, 01:43 PM
On Monday, Blagojevich,the Illinois governor, ordered all state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the bank into using federal bailout money it received to help the fired workers.
"We hope that this kind of leverage and pressure will encourage Bank of America to do the right thing for this business," Blagojevich said outside the plant. "Take some of that federal tax money that they've received and invest it by providing the necessary credit to this company so these workers can keep their jobs.
On Tuesday he was arrested.
