Obama Presses Congress For Fast Action On Stimulus

If doesn t, said, So Congress is going to listen to me. The president-elect for the Congress is trying to convey what could wind up to $ 1 trillion package of direct spending and tax cuts from President Day weekend. We can t afford three, four, five, six months in which we re losing half a million jobs per month. . Washington - President-elect Barack Obama yesterday urged Congress to move quickly on a stimulus package to calm what he called the worst recession since the Great Depression. And the forecasts are that, if not t do anything, we could see 4 million jobs lost this year, Obama said during an appearance on ABC This Week.