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• Obama pledges to tackle government spending
"We have an economic situation that is dire, and we're going to have to jump start this economy with my economic recovery plan, creating 3 million jobs," President-elect Barack Obama says. "That's going to cost some money. WASHINGTON - President ...
• Bad economic news helps stocks end day worse
... breadth of the economy’s slowdown. In addition, the ADP National Employment Report said private sector jobs fell by a greater-than-expected 693,000 in December. That made investors nervous ahead of Friday’s employment report from the government.
• Bridges, streets being closed for inauguration
The security perimeter — which covers more of the city than during previous inaugurations — includes a large part of the downtown business district and government buildings south of the National Mall. Curbside parking will be banned. The Secret ...
• Presidential libraries to disclose future donors
Majority Democrats have joined with President-elect Barack Obama in promising to make government operations more transparent. Both bills now go to the Senate. The library measure would require that groups raising funds for presidential libraries make ...
• Obama says stimulus proposal could grow
Because part of what we have right now is such a loss of trust both in the marketplace and in government. Restoring that trust — restoring that confidence — is going to be very important." 'I'm probably not going to be watching the crawl at the ...