WASHINGTON — After hitting four states in four days, President Barack Obama is going back on the road next week to convince Americans his economic stimulus plan will get the job done. The president is ...

President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama doesn't agree with all of the changes made to an economic stimulus bill by Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and other centrist senators, but he said the end result ...

President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion U.S. stimulus plan in the next few months, repackaging a pledge the administration made weeks earlier ...

New York Sen. Charles Schumer said today the state and New York City would both get big boosts in federal financial aid — up to $18 billion altogether over two years — under a new economic stimulus ...

Two weeks before inauguration day, President-elect Barack Obama is lobbying Democrats and Republicans for a stimulus package that is 60% federal spending and 40% tax cuts. He calls it "The American ...

President Barack Obama's stimulus package is not working and should be amended to encourage more job creation by small businesses, the House of Representatives' Republican Whip said today.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Barack Obama focused attention Friday on construction jobs created by the federal stimulus law while acknowledging the grinding toll the slow-to-rebound economy has taken.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, who met Monday with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill, is crafting an economic-recovery plan that could cost $775 billion to $800 billion over two years.

CHICAGO -- In his first news conference as president-elect, Barack Obama pledged Friday to quickly seek an economic stimulus plan and made it clear he'd like to see Congress act on it even before he ...