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Obama Begins Pushing Soon to Arrive Stimulus Plan

In between returning to Chicago from his weeklong vacation in Hawaii and his imminent move to Washington, President-elect Obama took a moment to drop his weekly address, where the focus was the economic stimulus package that he is putting together to present before Congress.

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By Billy Parker in on January 3, 2009 5:55 PM

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Obama Outlines Economic Recovery Plan

  • "Renew our information superhighway. It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption. Here, in the country that invented the internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they’ll get that chance when I’m President – because that’s how we’ll strengthen America’s competitiveness in the world."While no spending numbers were mentioned, Obama did say, "We won’t do it the old Washington way. We won’t just throw money at the problem. We’ll measure progress by the reforms we make and the results we achieve -- by the jobs we create, by the energy we save, by whether America is more competitive in the world."

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    By Jen Chung in on December 6, 2008 3:13 PM

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