President Barack Obama turned up the pressure on lawmakers Thursday, urging them to pass an economic stimulus package. As Senate moderates from both parties met to try to cut as much as $100 billion ...

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details.

President-elect Barack Obama meets with Senate Democrats today to push for high-speed approval of his huge economic stimulus proposal . Congressional Democrats are already wrangling with the Obama ...

In a Labor Day speech in Detroit, President Barack Obama hinted strongly that his Thursday address to the Congress on jobs will feature some Keynesian calls to rebuild public infrastructure. Obama ...

With more than $780-billion made available by the Obama administration’s stimulus package, foundations can help federal, state, and local government agencies decide how to best spend that money so it ...

Despite today’s dramatic signing in Denver, it’s not at all clear just who will get what from the $787 billion stimulus package . Rob Hotakainen reports from Washington for the McClatchy Newspapers, ...

The White House has cut a controversial deal with congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, with the Obama administration acceding to tax cuts for the wealthy and ...

As President-elect Barack Obama develops his multibillion-dollar plan to stimulate the economy, nonprofit leaders should push federal, state, and local governments to use the money to pay for ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the political dynamic preventing the Obama administration from pumping more spending into the economy, which some of its top economic officials believe would act as ...