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Governors, Obama Discuss Stimulus Plan For States

President-elect Barack Obama listens as Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell speaks the National Governors Association annual meeting at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 2008. Source: Jim Watson/Getty Images

UpdatedPresident-elect Barack Obama pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants their advice in designing a package to help their hard-hit states. "We are not here asking for money for governors. If we're asking for any money at all, it's for the citizens of our states," said Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat who chairs the National Governors Association.

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