Vt. governor to have private meeting with Obama

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Governor Jim Douglas will meet privately with President Barack Obama today to discuss the economic stimulus package now under consideration in the Senate.

Douglas’ deputy chief of staff, Dennise Casey, says the Republican governor and Democratic president are set to meet at 11 a.m. in the oval office to talk over a package of spending and tax cuts which Douglas supports and which most Republicans in Congress don’t.

Douglas is vice chairman of the National Governors’ Association and has been leading the effort to show states’ support for a stimulus package expected to top 800 billion-dollars.

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