"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday sent another letter to California's congressional delegation asking for more federal dollars after President Barack Obama released a budget that provided only $1.5 billion of the $6.9 billion in new money that Schwarzenegger wants.The governor wrote that Obama's budget 'represents only a down payment on what we are owed,' but described the president's plan as 'the first step in a lengthy and complicated process that can result in the fair and equitable treatment of California's taxpayers -- with your help.'
Schwarzenegger hopes to use federal dollars to help bridge the state's $19.9 billion deficit"