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NPR.org , March 11, 2009 · President Obama said Wednesday he will sign an "imperfect" $410 billion omnibus spending bill, while calling on Congress to enact changes that will limit the ability of lawmakers to put pet projects in future measures. "I am...
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Los Angeles, CA. "At a time when an estimated 6,600 American families are losing their homes to foreclosure every day, we welcome the Obama administration's support for changes to existing bankruptcy laws that will allow for judicial modification of home...
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The Obama administration is seriously considering an effort to develop high speed passenger rail service, an initiative long on planning but unrealized nationally because of financial and logistical hurdles and insufficient political backing. Transportation...
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General Motors plans to ask the Barack Obama administration for billions of dollars more in financial aid, saying that the only alternative to this is a bankruptcy reorganization also financed in part by the US government, The Wall Street Journal reported...
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February 13, 2009) - The American Diabetes Association (ADA) applauds the U.S...This Act includes many vital investments in our economy that will provide essential economic stimulus while benefiting the health and well-being of people with chronic illnesses...
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Biodun --The economic crisis is growing more serious every day, and the time for action has come.Last week, the House of Representatives passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will jumpstart our...
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Promising "a new era of openness in our country," President Barack Obama signed executive orders Wednesday relating to ethics guidelines for staff members of his administration. "Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency,"...
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Inheriting a series of economic problems on a scale not seen since the Great Depression, new U.S. President Barack Obama will have a hard time reviving the nation's sagging economy. In his speech after being sworn in as the 44th president of the United...
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NPR.org , January 20, 2009 · President Barack Hussein Obama, the nation's first African-American head of state, on Tuesday proclaimed himself humbled by the challenges he and the country face, and issued to citizens a call to reject the fear of decline...
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President-elect Barack Obama 's top economic advisor, Larry Summers , gave another verbal lashing to the nation's banks in a TV appearance Sunday. The second half of the $700-billion bank bailout fund, Summers said on CBS' "Face the Nation," will come...
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