Emanuel: 'Deliberate haste' on economy

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, D-Ill., who will be Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, says the president-elect will "move with deliberate haste" on the economy.

In an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation," Emanuel said Obama "has been working tirelessly" with his White House transition team to get his team of economic advisers in place.

"As you heard him say Friday … he wants us to move with deliberate haste -- emphasis on deliberate -- as well as equal emphasis on haste," Emanuel said Sunday.

Emanuel said Obama has "participated in a couple of meetings to review people for key economic slots."

Asked whether Obama will get involved in a congressional lame-duck session to take up economic issues, Emanuel said Obama has already called on Congress to pass an economic recovery act.

He reiterated that Obama's economic plan "is to provide the middle-class, working Americans, 95 percent of them, with a $1,000 tax cut."

"His tax plan is a net tax reduction," Emanuel said. "It was focused on the middle class."

He said "the size and the scope" of the economic crisis will require action on education reform and energy reform.