'Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich'
In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44578820/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-announces-debt-plan-built-taxes-rich/#.Ttr1dvJ5fFE2008 - President-elect Barack Obama promised Saturday to create the largest public works construction program since the inception of the interstate highway system a half century ago as he seeks to put together a plan to resuscitate the reeling economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/us/politics/07radio.html?pagewanted=all2011 - The U.S. Senate has rejected President Barack Obama's plan to jump-start U.S. job creation through a combination of tax incentives and public works programs. In a procedural vote, the plan got no Republican backing and was opposed by three senators of the president's own Democratic Party.
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