Obama Responds: “In the midst of our greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the American people were hoping that Congress would begin to confront the great challenges we face,” he said. “That was, after all, what last November’s election was all about.” “Republicans for pushing what he called ‘tired old theories.‘”

In the weekly address for Saturday, February 7, 2009, President Barack Obama commends the progress the Senate has made on moving the recovery plan forward, and urged its completion.

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