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Gov. Gary Herbert to meet with President Obama, congressional leaders on fiscal cliff

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By Dennis Romboy, Deseret News

Published: Monday, Dec. 3 2012 8:43 p.m. MST

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Gov. Gary Herbert will meet with President Barack Obama on Tuesday to tell him that decisions made as the nation heads for the so-called fiscal cliff will have a "dramatic" impact on states.

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“I think states have something to offer as we ask for more flexibility and maybe take less money to help them balance their budgets.”

Gov. Gary Herbert

The clock is ticking closer to the end-of-year deadline to avert the fiscal cliff, which is a combination of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that are the result of prior failures of Congress and Obama to make a budget deal.

"They've got to get some things done," Herbert said, adding he thinks all parties will be able to come together.

Herbert last met with Obama this past February along with other governors. His message then was flexibility.

He said he quoted from Obama's own handouts that some of the best ideas come from states. Medicaid, the governor said, is one of the areas where Utah could do a better job than the federal government.

Contributing: Associated Press

E-mail: romboy@desnews.com

Twitter: dennisromboy

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worf
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Gov Gary Herbert can talk, but Barry won't listen.

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