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Facing financial woes at home, states continued to press Congress to boost the economy by giving federal money to folks they know will spend it: the unemployed, the poor and road builders, among others.  

Nancy Pelosi says the House will push for a stimulus package in the range of $500 billion that will be ready for Barack Obama to sign when he is sworn in on January 20th: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leading governors on Monday to discuss the size and shape of an...  

With economic trouble buffeting many states' budgets, governors and legislators are asking Congress and the incoming Obama administration for tens of billions of dollars in federal aid in what they hope will be a new economic-stimulus bill.  

Small enterprise has a critical role to play in America’s economic recovery, especially in rural areas. So when Congress takes up legislation to refuel our economy, small entrepreneurship should be the centerpiece.  

US HOUSE of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leading governors on Monday to discuss the size and shape of an economic stimulus package that one Democratic aide said was likely to cost around US$500 ...  

The Liberals and NDP have agreed to an immediate $30-billion economic stimulus package should they succeed in ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government next week, says a senior Liberal source.  

A UN report has called for a massive and coherent economic stimulus to counter the economic downturn.  

European Union finance ministers on Monday took a first look at a proposed euro200 billion ($252 billion) economic stimulus package to counteract a deepening economic slowdown — a plan the 27 EU leaders are asked to formally endorse later this month.  

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leading governors on Monday to discuss the size and shape of an economic stimulus package that one Democratic aide said was likely to cost around $500 billion.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect Barack Obama as soon as he takes office.  

FINANCE ministers from the 15 countries sharing the euro failed overnight to commit to the proposed €200 billion economic stimulus target. However they agree that the Eurozone region needs a co-operative economic package to prevent a recession ...  

Lots of countries are handing out stimulus packages to try to stop economic turmoil.  

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he plans to unveil a euro19 billion ($24.5 billion) stimulus package next week which will help the country's struggling car industry and support the economy through government spending on infrastructure.  

The package forms part of a €200 billion European Union stimulus program designed to ease the impact of the financial crisis.  

Feeling the pinch of the nation's economic downturn, governors went to Capitol Hill on Monday to make a pitch for more than $156 billion in additional Medicaid funding and infrastructure spending as part of an economic stimulus package.