Obama hits the road to promote stimulus

President Barack Obama will visit two cities hit hard by the economic downturn as he promotes his stimulus plan. Obama will visit Elkhart, Ind. and Ft. Myers, Fla.

Obama talks up stimulus in weekly address

With the Senate moving toward a tenuous compromise on the White House's economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama hammered at the urgent need to pass a bill that will jump-start the struggling economy and put people back to work.

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Here's the latest news for Saturday, February 7, 2009: Obama pushes for stimulus passage; Senate slated to meet for weekend session; Biden in Germany; Actor James Whitmore dead.