Stimulus Helping Greatly Says Obama

In an address on Friday, President Barack Obama says the stimulus bill is helping Americans by extending unemployment benefits by 20 weeks for some states, pushing the first time home buyer tax credits through April 2010 and cutting taxes for small businesses. (3:21)
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"The Recovery Act Invests In People," Says White House Official

Robert Nabors, the White House Deputy Director of Management and Budget, describes elements of the stimulus bill including tax cuts and incentives, extended unemployment benefits, and credits for homeowners to use as a down payment or mortgage payment. (0:45)
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Sen. Rockefeller is Generally Satisfied with the Compromises on the Stimulus Bill

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, for Talk Radio News Service.

Immediately following today’s deliberations on the Senate floor, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) says Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) is always present, whether he is on the floor or not.
Rockefeller points out that the Health Information Technology provision was not eliminated, but cut from seven billion dollars to five billion dollars.
Asked about the “Buy American” provision, he discusses the great harm to West Virginia following NAFTA.
He acknowledges to another reporter that the calls to his office are predominantly against the stimulus bill. He believes that more opportunity to discuss the merits of the bill with his constituents, or visible results, would reverse that trend.
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