Bass to D.C. on lobbying trip

Last week, it was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger make an appeal to Presdient-elect Barack Obam.
On Monday, it was Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with other mayors, pitching for money.' And, on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker KIarne Bass heads to Washington to make her case.
Her trip comes a day after the state legislature met in an unprecedented session to deal with the state's budget problems and is part of a coordinate effort to make the case for California.
Bass is scheduled to meet with Sen. Dianne Feinstein and members of Obama's Congressional Transition team.
"While a federal stimulus, if approved, would provide important assistance to California's economy, Speaker Bass will make the case make that additional federal assistance is still required to help minimize the spending cuts and tax increases that run counter to the federal economic stimulus efforts," her office said in a statement.
Among her arguments is that California represents 13 percent of the nation's economy and 11 percetn of all jobs and pays $50 billion more in taxes than it gets back from the federal government.