County hosting Obama has 15.3 percent unemployment
Rockford Register Star Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST
Almost no place in the country has been hit as hard by the recession as the northern Indiana towns that make up the heart of the nation’s RV industry. President Barack Obama was scheduled to visit Elkhart today trying to sell his economic plan in an area where the unemployment rate hit 15.3 percent in December, a stark contrast to 4.7 percent a year earlier. |
Obama Hits Struggling Cities To Push Stimulus Plan
CBS 13 Sacramento Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST
In an effort to drum up support for his stimulus plan, which is awaiting a vote in the Senate, President Obama hit the trail Monday to take his argument directly to the American people. His first stop was in Elkhart, Indiana, a town hard hit by the economic meltdown. The president will then visit Florida, before holding his first prime-time news conference tonight. |
Obama to push stimulus in rally, news conference
Chinapost.com.tw Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:11 AM PST
Chafing over congressional delays, an energized President Barack Obama began a new drive on Monday to win passage of an US$800 billion economic recovery plan, taking his message directly to Americans hit by the downturn. |
Tickets to Obama Town Hall Meeting prove scarce
Cape Coral Daily Breeze Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:11 AM PST
Thousands of people were frustrated and angry this morning after they did not get tickets to President Barack Obama's Tuesday visit to Fort Myers. Rumors ran wild in front of Haborside Event Center that of the annonced 1,500 tickets for the event, a mere 500 - 700 were distributed. Even some those who camped out all night in front of Harborside were denied the opportunity to see our 43rd presid |
Obama seeks support for stimulus
The Washington Times Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:10 AM PST
One of President Obama's top advisers on Monday said the American people support the more than $820 billion stimulus plan working its way through Congress because they are "desperate" for help, as the president flew to Indiana on his first trip to sell the plan outside Washington. |
President seeks grass-roots support for stimulus
AP via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09 AM PST
President Barack Obama faces a barrage of questions on his plans to reinvigorate the economy with a massive stimulus bill and additional billions in bailout money for the financial markets. |
Tickets go fast for Obama's Elkhart visit
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:09 AM PST
ELKHART #8212; So many people showed up to get tickets for President Barack Obama's visit to this economically hard-hit city today that all the tickets were gone in less than an hour. |
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