President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will meet with governors from both parties in Philadelphia next week to discuss the state of the economy.

The event, which the National Governors Association worked to arrange, will include a two-hour, bipartisan working session Tuesday. NGA Chair and Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will host the event along with Republican Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the NGA's vice chair, according to Nick Shapiro, an Obama transition team spokesman.

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