Obama Urges Swift Action on Economy
1,706 views · Published 6 January 2009 · 1:53 · Indexed 5 October 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to move swiftly to approve a massive economic rescue package to jumpstart the ailing US economy. Mr. Obama says the U.S. economy is "getting worse" and asked lawmakers to approve hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts and infrastructure spending to help create jobs and reverse the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. VOA's Mil Arcega has more.
