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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will skip a scheduled trip to Washington, D.C. next week if there isn't a budget, according to a spokeswoman.

The trip would include his attendance at the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting on Sunday. The next morning, he is to be the "special guest" at a $500 per person breakfast fundraiser for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, at the Capitol Hill Club.

"The governor is scheduled to go to Washington, D.C., for the National Governors' Association conference and for meetings with federal officials," said Julie Soderlund, a political spokeswoman for Schwarzenegger. "However, if there is not a budget, he won't be going."

Andy Stone, western regional press secretary with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called on Schwarzenegger to skip the trip.