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Obama to Call for Major Road, Rail and Runway Spending

Vowing to find ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation's infrastructure that would cost at least $50 billion; critics, meanwhile, blast the plan as a 'hail Mary' and merely a second stimulus. YOU DECIDE: Investment or Stimulus II? Obama's Economic Plan Too Little, Too Late? Labor Secretary Defends Obama on Jobs FULL COVERAGE ...

NSBA president endorses Obama's jobs bill, presses for tax cut extension

(CNN) - The president of the National Small Business Association on Sunday morning endorsed congressional Democrats' and President Obama's small business jobs bill. The bill will "will free up a lot of credit for small companies at a very low cost of capital for the government," Todd McCracken told Candy Crowley on CNN's State of [...]

Robert J. Samuelson: The hard realities of school 'reform'

As 56 million children return to the nation's 133,000 elementary and secondary schools, the promise of "reform" is again in the air.

Obama's Economic Plan Too Late?

President to hit the road to promote tax credits that the GOP suggests are a 'deathbed conversion' to their ideas, as Dem argues Obama's been cutting taxes all along McCain: Dems 'Flailing' YOU DECIDE: What's Best Fix? Skepticism at Obama Plan

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