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    Obama Discusses Stimulus Money with the Governors

    President Obama told the nation's governors today that $15 billion in stimulus money will reach the states on Wednesday to help with Medicaid payments to the poor.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama told the nation's governors today that $15 billion in stimulus money will reach the states on Wednesday to help with Medicaid payments to the poor. Some Republican Governors are saying they won't accept another part of the package, expansion of unemployment benefits for part-time workers and others who have not been eligible before. Philip Rucker is national political reporter for the Washington Post.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Philip Rucker

      Washington Post

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Getting to Know You: The Obama Administration and China
    1. 1:43Obama Discusses Stimulus Money with the GovernorsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48Secretary of State Clinton Makes Her First Trip to China
    3. 43:24'Slumdog Millionaire' Wins Big at Oscars
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