WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Obama transition team officials Sunday offered concessions on a proposed economic stimulus package, U.S. senators said after a meeting in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Sunday he hopes to pass an economic stimulus package of close to a trillion dollars by the end of January.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The scope of a recovery plan for the punk U.S. economy will be discussed by President-elect Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, party officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- President George Bush will not present Congress with a second economic stimulus package before he leaves office next month, the White House said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- While it's difficult to predict, next year's U.S. federal deficit could reach a trillion dollars, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A broad swath of U.S. adults in a recent poll indicated disapproval of federal efforts to address the economy, although many were hopeful that will change.
CHICAGO, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Saturday pledged to create millions of jobs by investing in road, bridge, sewer and other public utility projects.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Governors will have a chance to bend U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's ear on how the national economic crisis is ravaging state budgets, officials said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. economy has to be jolted back to life, and worrying about the country's deficit can wait until later.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will push for a more aggressive economic stimulus package than the one he proposed on the campaign trail, an aide said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pick for White House economic adviser, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Google's energy plans are getting attention from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Democratic congressional leaders threw water on the possibility of passing a second stimulus plan for the U.S. economy during the lame-duck session.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush isn't trying to tie a second stimulus package to free-trade agreements, a White House spokeswoman said Tuesday.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A stimulus package to spur U.S economic growth should be passed sooner not later, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday.