Date: 1/24/2009 By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took to the airwaves Saturday to promote his economic aid plan in what’s-it-mean-to-me terms: thousands of better schools, lower electricity bills, health coverage for millions who lose…
White House to banks: Start lending now
Date: 10/28/2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start making more loans. Hoping to thaw the credit freeze that…