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Florida continues to wait on an economic stimulus package from Washington.

In December Governor Charlie Crist met with President-Elect Barack Obama and asked him for seven billion federal dollars. Most of the money would be spent on road construction, with about a billion going to health care programs. Crist said Florida’s Congressional Delegation has been working hard to find money for the state.

“I’m encouraged by the kind of conversation and discussion they’re putting forward. That stimulus package can be very important to Florida and can certainly be a big help to us and the way I look at it is that Florida deserves it’s fair share. You know of our fellow Floridians have sent a lot of their hard earned money to Washington and, we’re a donor state, and it occurs to me that this is an opportunity for a donor state to get our fair share,” said Crist.

On the campaign trail Obama said he’d find money to help flailing state budgets. The president-elect says passing an economic stimulus package is one of his top priorities.