nation and world Stimulus plan takes shape Obama, officials ready to push bill 01/06/2009 Amid a galloping global economic crisis and mounting U.S. job losses, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders agreed Monday on broad aspects of what's sure to be the largest short-term economic-stimulus plan the nation has ever seen and promised to pass legislation quickly.
Bennet explores Capitol Hill 01/06/2009 - Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet, appointed Saturday to replace U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, has deep roots and family in Washington, D.C., but he spent part of his first day in the nation's capital wandering the hallways and streets anonymously.
Obama's CIA pick met with wariness 01/06/2009 - President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.
Burris prepares to take Senate seat; Reid says no 01/05/2009 - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator," and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in the Senate.
Franken declared winner in Minn. 01/05/2009 - Former comedian Al Franken was declared the winner of Minnesota's long-disputed Senate race Monday, but legal challenges could leave the seat under a cloud.
