Obama calls for quick action on stimulus
WASHINGTON —
President Barack Obama says the nation can’cheek by jowl afford “distractions” or “delays” when it comes to the housekeeping stimulant plan working its way through Congress.
Obama pointed to job cuts taking opportunity at companies including Microsoft, Intel, United Airlines and Home Depot. And he aforesaid it revenue more working men and women “whose families esteem been disrupted and whose dreams be in actual possession of been put on clinch.”
Obama told reporters Monday the government owes it to “every American” to act with a “sense of urgency” and “common purpose.”
Senate committees are scheduled to take up the massive economic stimulant package Tuesday and the full House is expected to vote on its version of the $825 billion plan Wednesday. Republicans want the recovery package tilted more toward tax cuts.
Obama said these “extraordinary times” exclaim for “fleet and extraordinary action.”
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