DETROIT/WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. automakers started to submit plans demanded by Congress as the Big Three's CEOs and lawmakers gird for debate over a $25 billion bailout the industry says it needs to survive. ... > full story
DULUTH, Georgia, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The state of Georgia votes in a run-off election for the Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to ram through legislation virtually at will. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after Monday's steep sell-off and news that General Electric would maintain its dividend helped buoy sentiment. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leading governors on Monday to discuss the size and shape of an economic stimulus package that one Democratic aide said was likely to cost around $500 billion. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Democrats in the House of Representatives likely will seek passage next month of an economic stimulus bill costing about $500 billion, a House Democratic aide said on Monday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama takes another step toward tackling the ailing U.S. economy on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to demonstrate that his administration will face the global financial crisis head-on. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama nominated Congressional Budget Office chief Peter Orszag on Tuesday to be the director of the White House budget office. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. rescued Citigroup Inc, agreeing to shoulder most losses on about $306 billion of the bank's risky assets, and inject new capital, bolstering investor hopes that the government will support big banks as the economy sinks into recession. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will not seek to extend the U.N. mandate of U.S. troops and they will pull out immediately if Iraqi parliament fails to approve a pact allowing them to stay until 2011, Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that Congress could put together an economic stimulus package of several hundred billion dollars that should also contain tax cuts. ... > full story
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Recovery means a hand from D.C. Nov. 20, 2008 (Albany Times Union) — Gov. David Paterson's proposals for significant cuts to the state budget are a prudent acknowledgment that our nation's economic problems and the ...
Full-Steam Ahead Nov. 10, 2008 (About.com) — Barack Obama has outlined an aggressive economic stimulus package to address the mortgage crisis and lessen impact of a recession. As ...
Pelosi Favors Tax Cut, Two Shots of Stimulus Nov. 6, 2008 (SmartMoney) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Wall Street Journal that she is considering a two-staged effort to boost the shaky U.S. economy, arguing for ...
Liberals in Lockstep Oct. 28, 2008 (Republican National Committee) — Biden Admits An Obama-Biden Administration Would March In Lockstep With Liberal Congressional Democrats On Economic And Foreign Policy. . Biden ...
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