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Labor Day is the traditional campaign kick off, and President Obama traveled to Milwaukee, Wisc., to mark the moment Monday. But with the economy still sagging and Democrats looking at dismal poll numbers, its tough place to start. - [Read more]

President Obama, looking to jump-start the economy, called on Congress to approve a far-reaching plan to rebuild and modernize transportation over the next six years.

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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, scrambling to spur job creation, proposed a six-year plan on Monday to rebuild infrastructure with an initial $50 billion investment and prepared new business tax cuts.

President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?

In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, President Obama will outline a plan to spend more on roads, railways and runways.

Top Democratic and Republican leadership aides on Capitol Hill say President Barack Obamas two new economic proposals have virtually no chance of passing Congress, even before he has formally announced them.

In the midst of dire predictions for Democrats in November, President Obama spent part of his Labor Day in Milwaukee -- part of a week hell spend promoting new initiatives to boost the economy. On Monday, the president called for spending an extra $50 billion on the nations roads and railways, in hopes of putting more Americans back to work. Robert Siegel talks to NPRs Scott Horsley. - [Read more]

In a speech that was part Democrat campaign push, part policy prescription, President Obama on Monday proposed a $50 billion investment in long-term infrastructure projects that he claimed will stimulate the flailing economy, create jobs and refill the exhausted highway trust fund.

President Obama will call today for federal investment in transportation projects as new campaign advertisements hit airwaves around the country.

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The family of late Sen. Robert Byrd doesnt want the GOP nominee for his seat using footage from the funeral, where Gov. Joe Manchin, now the Democratic Senate nominee, and President Obama were seen together.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is defending President Barack Obamas efforts to combat the recession and unemployment, saying his focus has been on helping the jobless and underemployed.

Vowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nations roads, railways and airports that would cost at least $50 billion, administration officials said.

Administration officials say President Obama will call for new investments in the nations roads, railways and airports that would cost at least $50 billion. - [Read more]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launches several economic initiatives this week aimed at generating some desperately needed U.S. job growth and limiting predicted Democratic losses in November 2 congressional elections.

This is an unsettled time in the American economy. Last week, the stock market rose, but so did the unemployment rate. The nation lost jobs overall, but the number of private-sector jobs was up. One thing everyone can agree on, though: The recovery has slowed. And this week, President Obama will unveil a new economic package including tax cuts for small businesses. The price tag: as high as $300 billion. - [Read more]

While President Obama vacationed in Marthas Vineyard, the Oval Office got a makeover, but one quote on the new carpet is wrongly attributed.

Republican Sen. John McCain on Sunday invited President Barack Obama to visit the border with Mexico to get a complete picture of the region and called on the president to do more for security.

President Obama this week will lay out a new plan that includes a proposal to extend a tax cut popular with the business community, according to an administration official.

President Obama plans to hit the road this week to promote new proposals to revamp an economic agenda including a permanent tax credit for research and development worth about $100 million.

Some measures on illegal immigration to the United States have improved, but the Obama administration is ignoring violence spilling into the U.S. from Mexico, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday.

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