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Obama urges Congress to work on plan to right economy

 
(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress on Saturday to work next week on a plan to help the country's economy and in particular address unemployment insurance. "If Congress does not pass an immediate plan that gives the economy the boost it needs, I will make it my first order of business as president," he said [...] (link)

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