Obama Goes to Congress to Sell Ambitious Economic Stimulus Plan
President-elect Obama went to Capitol Hill today to lobby Congress for his economic recovery plan, although he doesn't become president for another two weeks.
"The reason we are here today is because the peoples' business can't wait," Obama said while sitting in an armchair by a fireplace alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "We have an extraordinary economic challenge ahead of us."
A short time later before meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Obama said "the... Full Story
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