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Obama: Stimulus 'major milestone'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, winning a $787-billion stimulus for an ailing economy within his first month in office, today called the measure "a major milestone on our road to recovery.'' The president plans to swiftly sign the measure......Tags: Family Vacations, Productivity, Barack Obama, State Budgets, John F. Kennedy
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A Valentine's dinner fit for the leader of the free world
Tribune reportersIf it's good enough for Oprah Winfrey, it's good enough for the leader of the free world. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, celebrated Valentine's Day at a Gold Coast restaurant owned by the TV queen's one-time personal chef, Art Smith. For...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Alaska, Barack Obama, Dining and Drinking, Government
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Obama Savors Big Legislative Victory, Calls Stimulus Passage 'Major Milestone' Toward Recovery
AP Special CorrespondentSavoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery." Speaking in his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said,...Tags: Barack Obama, Heads of State, State Budgets, Max Baucus, Labor Legislation
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Obama calls stimulus 'a major milestone'
Reporting from Washington — President Barack Obama, winning a $787-billion stimulus for an ailing economy within his first month in office, today called the measure "a major milestone on our road to recovery.'' The president plans to swiftly sign...Tags: Unemployment, Alaska, Barack Obama, Government, National Government
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Obama calls stimulus passage 'major milestone' toward recovery, plans Tuesday signing
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — Savoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery. " Officials said he would sign the...Tags: Barack Obama, Heads of State, Democratic National Conventions, State Budgets, Max Baucus
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Obama celebrates stimulus, says more work ahead
Savoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama yesterday celebrated the newly passed $787-billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery." Speaking in his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said, "I...Tags: Barack Obama, Heads of State, State Budgets, Max Baucus, Labor Legislation
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Obama celebrates stimulus, says more work to be done
WASHINGTON - Savoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama yesterday celebrated the newly passed $787-billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery." Speaking in his weekly radio and Internet address,...Tags: Alaska, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Susan Collins, Republican Party
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Sarah Palin, President Obama: Dinner
The Swampby Mark Silva Gueess who's coming to dinner Saturday night? President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin -- they won't actually arrive together, but both are expected at the exclusive and private Alfalfa Club dinner for Washington's elite. They've already been....Tags: Alaska, Barack Obama, Government, Dining and Drinking, Armed Forces
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Lawmakers strip $50 billion pro-nuclear loan guarantee program from stimulus package
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to increase a loan guarantee program for innovative energy projects by $50 billion has been stripped from the economic recovery package after environmentalists argued it would primarily benefit the nuclear industry....Tags: Upper House, Alaska, Utah, Government, Jeff Bingaman
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Chu beams into Senate hearing
The Swampby Jim Tankersley, and updated Only on Capitol Hill - and maybe an elite physics department near you - does a Nobel-winning scientist garner round-the-corner lines, an overflow crowd and a cascade of flashbulbs when he steps out in public.......Tags: Barack Obama, Natural Resources, Energy, Petroleum Industry, Economic Policy
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Obama, Senate reach deal on economic stimulus package
Washington BureauPresident Barack Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, propelled by news of the biggest one-month job losses in 35 years, on Friday hammered out a deal that clears the way for Senate approval of a massive economic stimulus plan. Senators said the...Tags: Barack Obama, Edward M. Kennedy, State Budgets, Nevada, Florida
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Compromise trims stimulus price tag
Tribune Washington BureauPresident Barack Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, propelled by news of the biggest one-month job losses in 35 years, hammered out a deal yesterday evening that clears the way for Senate approval of a huge economic stimulus plan. Senators said the...Tags: Barack Obama, Massachusetts, State Budgets, Edward M. Kennedy, Harry Reid
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