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BBC Business, 05.01.09 10:33 UTC

Obama sells stimulus to Congress

US President-elect Barack Obama is due to meet Congressional leaders on Monday to discuss his plans for a multi-billion dollar stimulus package.

Houston Chronicle - Politics, 30.12.08 18:04 UTC

Obama's online network seen as key to pushing his agenda

HONOLULU  President-elect Barack Obama's top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network. Obama's political e-mail list tops 13 million ...

Seattle Times, 17.12.08 10:04 UTC

Fed's big rate cut just for starters

WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve entered a new era on Tuesday, lowering its benchmark interest rate virtually to zero and declaring that it will now fight the recession by pumping out vast amounts of ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 15.12.08 18:04 UTC

Gov. may allow special election for Senate seat

(12-15) 09:33 PST Springfield, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich hasn't ruled out signing a bill creating a special election to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, his spokesman said ...

guardian.co.uk, 13.12.08 01:07 UTC

Barack Obama tries to limit fallout from Senate seat scandal

. Officials in Barack Obama 's home state yesterday moved to remove a scandal-tainted governor, three days after he was accused of trying to sell the president-elect's old seat in the Senate. Lisa ...

guardian.co.uk, 12.12.08 00:38 UTC

Barack Obama denies any staff involvement in Senate seat haggling

. Barack Obama denied yesterday that any member of his staff had ever tried to strike a deal with the scandal-tainted Illinois governor accused of trying to sell Obama's former US Senate seat. But in ...

Seattle Times, 10.12.08 17:02 UTC

Illinois governor arrested in "Corruption crime spree"

CHICAGO Tuesday's predawn rousting of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in the state's storied history and thrust the state into ...

Chigago Tribune, 10.12.08 17:02 UTC

Barack Obama plans to reach out to Muslim world

In exclusive interview, he says he plans to be sworn in like every other president, using his full name: Barack Hussein Obama