CBO Director Predicts Modest Pace To Recovery

Congressional Budget Office Director Dr. Doug Elmendorf predicts a slow recovery out of the recession and cites history for his arguments basis. (0:40)

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Small Businesses Were 'Innocent Victims' Of Recession, Says Treasury Official

Treasury Departmet official Gene Sperling lists reasons why small businesses need the Senate to pass legislation that would provide billions in lending and tax relief. (00:20)

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Man On The Street: D.C. Resident Says Economic Recovery Is Happening, But Slowly

Man On The Street: Atif Siddiqui of Washington, D.C. says he doesn't think the DOW will stay above 10,000 for a while, but that he thinks it will dip down a little bit. Siddiqui says that the recovery is happening, but slowly. (0:11)
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Geithner: Force of Economic Storm Weakening

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner explains what the current administration is doing to get the economy back on track. (0:37)
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Geithner on the Aggressive Response to Economic Crisis

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the luncheon hosted by Newsweek Monday focused on "Recession and Recovery: The Road Ahead." Geithner understands where the frustration with the crisis is coming from and lays out the way in which the administration is dealing with it. (1:29)
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Recovery Act: Changing unemployment rates

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

A senior administration official from Vice President Biden's office discusses how the recession has been broad-based. The Recovery Act's programs are helping areas that have higher unemployment rates. (0:50)
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Charney: The Budget Is A "Transformative Package"

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

The campaign to Rebuild and Renew America Now!, a coalition of 116 national and over 700 state and local progressive, labor and advocacy organizations working together to pass the President’s budget held a press conference this afternoon and said they are confident that Congress will do what is best for the American people, and that is to pass it. Alan Charney, the Program Director for US Action said that the budget is “transformative,” and said that it will set the U.S. on a road to long term recovery. (00:41)

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McCain says stimulus bill is bad for economic future of America

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz), made a speech on the Senate floor, today, on the compromised version of the stimulus package. In his statement he said: "This legislation, in my view, is very, very bad for the economic future of America."
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Unemployed and uninsured

Executive Director for Families USA, Ron Pollock, tells Talk Radio News Service, in a telephone conference, that the economic recovery package needs to extend health care coverage to the unemployed.
February 6, 2009
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Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Criticizes FEMA, HUD, and Government Spending at Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery Hearing

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) criticizes FEMA, HUD, and government spending following Hurricane Katrina at Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery hearing entitled "Is Housing Too Much to Hope For?: "FEMA's Disaster Housing Strategy." (0:42)
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