NPR 2009-02-02

Key Senate Democrats say they are willing to consider changes to their economic stimulus proposal. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois. We're very open, very open to this. For instance, some of the Republicans have been saying to us, 'Put more money

NPR 2009-02-03

After years of big spending, Americans continue to pull back. Consumer expenditures fell for a sixth straight month that's according to the Commerce Department. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports. Consumer spending was down 1% in December. Amid all the re

NPR 2009-02-04

A difficult day for Obama administration nominees: the president's pick for health secretary, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, withdrew his nomination amid ongoing controversy over his taxes, and Nancy Killefer is bowing out from her app

NPR 2009-02-05

President Barack Obama at this hour is signing a bill that will provide government-sponsored health coverage to an estimated four million children. The State Children's Health Insurance Program dubbed SCHIP was approved by a 290-135 vote in the Hous

NPR 2009-02-06

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is hospitalized today after undergoing cancer surgery in New York. The 75-year-old Justice had surgery in New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after a routine exam and follow-up turned up a smal

NPR 2009-02-07

President Barack Obama said today with an estimated 3.6 million people losing their jobs since the start of the current recession, there is no time to waste in getting the economic stimulus plan through Congress. President's remarks coming as Senate

NPR 2009-02-08

Hundreds of fishermen were stranded on Lake Erie today, when a huge slab of ice on which they were fishing broke away from the Ohio shoreline. The Coast Guard and others have rescued more than 100 people so far, but one person died after falling int

NPR 2009-02-09

One of President Obama's top economic advisors Lawrence Summers warns that any delay by Congress in passing economic stimulus legislation could have serious consequences for the economy. He called on lawmakers to transcend politics and act quickly d

NPR 2009-02-10

President Obama continues to press Congress aggressively to pass his economic stimulus plan. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. With an increasingly aggressive tone toward his Republican opponents in Congress, President Obama is using every tool in his kit

NPR 2009-02-11

The Senate has passed the 838-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, sending it to a House-Senate conference. The vote was 61 to 37. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. The Senate passed its bill with the backing of just three Republicans who had considera

NPR 2009-02-12

Senators have announced a deal on a 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, though House and Senate negotiators delayed the planned meeting to approve the measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the bill one that creates more jobs than

NPR 2009-02-13

Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire is the latest Obama administration appointee to abruptly pull his name out of contention. In a statement issued late today, Gregg cited what he termed irresolvable conflicts with the President's handlin

NPR 2009-02-20

On his first foreign trip since taking office, President Barack Obama met today with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The two men talked about a variety of issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan to the current state of the economy. At a n

NPR 2009-02-19

President Barack Obama unveiled his 75-billion-dollar plan aimed at dealing with the nation's foreclosure crisis today. Traveling to Arizona, the president said while the plan will not save every home, it could help as many as nine million people re

NPR 2009-02-18

President Barack Obama traveled to Denver today where he has signed into law the 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill sent to him by Congress last week. The president called it a balanced plan which he said contains a mixture of tax cuts and in

NPR 2009-02-17

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Tokyo, the first stop on a weeklong swing through Asia. She said she decided to go there first because Asia is an indispensable region. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports. Secretary Clinton says she plans

NPR 2009-02-16

Arizona Republican Senator John McCain says the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package passed by Congress last week is flawed. It is incredibly expensive. It has hundreds of billions of dollars in projects which will not yield in jobs. McCain spoke on

NPR 2009-02-14

The economic stimulus package is moving toward final passage. The House voted 246 to 187 today to pass the 787-billion-dollar bill. NPR's Audie Cornish reports from the Capitol. The House passed the stimulus plan a little more than three weeks after

NPR 2009-02-01

Across Iraq today voters cast ballots in provincial elections that were seen as a test of whether their country can build on its security gains and work to forge new political coalitions. NPR's JJ Sutherland reports the voting was peaceful. Iraqi el

NPR 2009-02-15

President Obama will sign the economic stimulus bill on Tuesday at a ceremony in Denver. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pointed to the legislation today in urging fellow finance ministers from the world's industrial powers to take steps to bols