( CNN ) -- Though they support some federal action to help their states recover from the recession , several Republican governors said Sunday they plan to turn down a portion of what 's offered in the stimulus bill that President Obama signed last week . Gov . Haley Barbour said the stimulus bill would force Mississippi to raise taxes . `` If we were to take the unemployment reform package that they have , it would cause us to raise taxes on employment when the money runs out -- and the money will run out in a couple of years , '' Mississippi Gov . Haley Barbour told CNN 's `` State of the Union '' on Sunday . The Republican governors of Idaho , Alaska , Texas , South Carolina and Louisiana expressed similar concerns . But one of their colleagues , California Gov . Arnold Schwarzenegger , had a message for them Sunday on ABC 's `` This Week . '' When asked about broader complaints from lawmakers such as South Carolina Gov . Mark Sanford about the stimulus package leading to more debt , Schwarzenegger responded , `` I am more than happy to take his money or [ that of ] any other governor in this country that does n't want to take this money . I take it because I think California needs it . '' Schwarzenegger said he does not foresee a need for a tax hike in the future to sustain the unemployment provisions . In a separate interview on CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' Schwarzenegger said the complaints are `` partially '' right , but that using the money for now `` can not hurt . '' And another governor , Michigan Democrat Jennifer Granholm , told CNN , `` We 'll take it . '' Watch how stimulus package could affect your paycheck » . `` South Carolina , I 'll take your money . Louisiana , we 'll take it , '' Granholm said in an interview recorded last week and broadcast Sunday on `` State of the Union . '' `` We got plenty of work here , plenty of jobs that we would like to create here , '' Granholm added as she discussed the struggling auto industry and job losses in her state . A leading Democrat , meanwhile , said he does see a potential problem . `` I 'm not sure that we can , over the long run , cope with the high unemployment compensation standard that this mandates for states , '' Pennsylvania Gov . Ed Rendell , the head of the National Governor 's Association , told `` Fox News Sunday . '' `` But I do n't care . My people are suffering , '' he added . `` They need that extra money . And right now that 's paramount in my mind . '' At issue is a portion of the unemployment assistance stipulated by the stimulus bill , which provides federal dollars to expand unemployment insurance in the states . In exchange for accepting that , states would have to expand the number of people who are given jobless benefits . In Louisiana , for example , that portion of the funds would total nearly $ 100 million , state officials said . Gov . Bobby Jindal , a rising GOP star , has announced plans to turn it down . `` The $ 100 million we turned down was temporary federal dollars that would require us to change our unemployment laws , '' he told NBC 's `` Meet the Press . '' `` That would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses . We as a state would have been responsible for paying for those benefits after the federal money disappeared . '' The law demands a `` permanent '' change to state law , Jindal said . Jindal and the other governors do plan to accept other funds offered by the stimulus , including money to increase benefits for those who are receiving them . And even some governors who have expressed disappointment in the stimulus package are not shying away from any of the funding . `` I do n't like this bill , but it is now the law . ... It 's now our responsibility and opportunity to try to implement it , '' Minnesota Gov . Tim Pawlenty told `` Fox News Sunday . '' Calling his state `` a major net subsidizer of the federal government , '' he said , `` We 're paying the bill either way -- we 're going to take our share of the money . '' In the end , some governors who would like to turn down a portion of the federal funding may not be able to . The law stipulates that state legislatures can overrule governors . Massachusetts Gov . Deval Patrick , a Democrat , said Americans are making it clear to all governors that they should accept whatever help they can get . `` Everywhere across the country , certainly in Massachusetts ... people want their roads repaired , they want their bridges repaired , they want a clean energy strategy ... and real alternatives , and they want us to be candid with them about those needs , '' he told CNN 's `` State of the Union . ''
Governors of Mississippi , South Carolina , Louisiana , others raise concerns . Comment: Republican Gov . Arnold Schwarzenegger is for the plan , saying California needs help .