President Barack Obama turned up the pressure on lawmakers Thursday, urging them to pass an economic stimulus package. As Senate moderates from both parties met to try to cut as much as $100 billion ...

President-elect Barack Obama meets with Senate Democrats today to push for high-speed approval of his huge economic stimulus proposal . Congressional Democrats are already wrangling with the Obama ...

True to his pledge on the campaign trail, President Barack Obama, in the spirit of bipartisanship and a more civil tone in Washington politics, ventured to Capitol Hill this week for separate ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans bickered Saturday over his historically huge economic recovery plan after states and schools lost tens of billions of dollars in a late-night ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. WASHINGTON -- All eyes are on the U.S. Senate now in anticipation of debate starting Monday on the massive economic stimulus ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the political dynamic preventing the Obama administration from pumping more spending into the economy, which some of its top economic officials believe would act as ...

In a Labor Day speech in Detroit, President Barack Obama hinted strongly that his Thursday address to the Congress on jobs will feature some Keynesian calls to rebuild public infrastructure. Obama ...