WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, at lunch Tuesday with Democratic senators, discussed how his administration would spend the remaining federal bailout funds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday said taming entitlement programs will be part of the process in trimming the nation's budget deficit.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush understands that Barack Obama must assemble a team and develop strategies before taking office, a Bush spokesman said Friday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A spokesman for President-elect Barack Obama Monday said a review of transition team actions indicates no inappropriate dealings with Illinois' governor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Funding alternative energy wouldn't provide the best bang for the buck in a U.S. economic stimulus package, some economists said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Balancing the federal budget during Barack Obama's first term would be a mistake, an economic adviser to the president-elect said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Peter Orszag, announced Tuesday as President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, has a dazzling resume.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday to go through the federal budget line-by-line to determine how better to spend tax dollars.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday picked Peter Orszag to head the Office of Management and Budget, saying the economic crisis requires "ingenuity."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials say they hope a broad, new lending program for consumers and businesses will help thaw frozen loan markets.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama faces record deficits in the U.S. budget that could soar to more than $1 trillion, analysts say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has assured him the United States will continue to aid his nation.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain meet Monday for the first time since Nov. 4, Obama's transition Web site said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The transition from U.S. President George Bush to President-elect Barack Obama will be the most open in history, Obama's transition co-chairman pledged.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday laid out ethics guidelines for the administration transition, including a ban on lobbyist contributions.
