Must give my great pal Jared Bernstein, a former Obama White House economist, points for trying to still make the case that a) the $800 billion stimulus worked as intended, b) it should have been ...

President Obama today signed into law the $787 billion stimulus bill, which he says will create 3.5 million jobs and reinvigorate the U.S. economy. The stimulus will put the economy on a "firmer ...

President Obama boasted Friday that the stimulus bill he signed into law in 2009 helped create green energy jobs that still exist today, and said those jobs are a sign the U.S. is still leading, ...

Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from a goal of 2.5 ...

Facing unwelcome resistance from fellow Democrats, President-elect Barack Obama is encouraging critics of his $800 billion economic recovery plan to present their own ideas. With more than 11 million ...

I know that most people think the media is completely in the bag for Barack Obama. But he's losing his luster right now in the press corps over his economic stimulus plan. Stories about Obama have ...

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details.

William Greider on the stones in President Obama’s passway: Three large obstacles are blocking Obama’s path. The first is one of scale: his nearly $800 billion recovery package sounds huge, but it is ...

The White House has cut a controversial deal with congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, with the Obama administration acceding to tax cuts for the wealthy and ...

President Barack Obama's $819 billion economic stimulus package has moved on to the Senate following its passage in the House Wednesday evening. The city and state will see money from the package if ...

The House GOP released this video today, which is pretty effective. Barack Obama will almost always oblige a video editor by holding at least two transparently irreconcilable positions on a given ...