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Congress, White House reach compromise on $790B stimulus

February 12, 2009

White House continues to push aid plan

February 11, 2009

Senate reaches tentative deal on stimulus package

February 6, 2009

Stimulus plan passes for $819 billion in House

January 29, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. Ron Edmonds, The Associated Press

Down to business: Obama begins reforming policies

January 22, 2009

Obama celebrates MLK, prepares to be sworn into office

January 20, 2009
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally in front of Morrill Hall at the University of Nevada at Reno in Nevada on Tuesday. Obama called for Americans to get behind attempts to salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for t Alex Brandon, The Associated Press

Obama, McCain seek political gain during crisis

October 1, 2008
Texas delegates react as President Bush speaks via satellite at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday. Charles Dharapak, The Associated Press

Republican convention showcases McCain, Palin

September 3, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., stands on stage before addressing the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Tuesday. Charlie Neibergall, The Associated Press

Clinton salutes Obama, belittles McCain in Denver

August 27, 2008
Nany Bobo, a delegate from Des Moines, Iowa, smiles beneath her corn hat during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday. Charles Dharapak, The Associated Press

Democrats look to unite party at convention

August 26, 2008
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is interviewed during a taping of Meet the Press on Saturday in London. Aboard his return flight to the U.S., Obama predicted close races in southern and southwestern states as his focus tu Peter Macdiarmid, The Associated Press

‘Expanding’ electoral map boosts Obama in borderline states

July 28, 2008

Obama seeks to expand delegate lead in Mississippi primary

March 11, 2008

Obama seeks knockout, Clinton bids for revival in Ohio, Texas and 2 other primaries

March 4, 2008

Sen. Christopher Dodd endorses Barack Obama

February 26, 2008
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during a rally at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas. Rick Bowmer, The Associated Press

Obama, Clinton square off in Wisconsin, Hawaii; Democrats face negative results

February 20, 2008

Clinton, Obama face off in Virginia, Maryland and DC

February 12, 2008
Sangamon County Republican Chairman Tony Libri removes Rudy Giuliani campaign signs from the Sangamon County Republican Headquarters in Springfield, Ill., on Monday. Democrats have an Illinois senator, Barack Obama, and an Illinois native, Hillary Clinton Seth Perlman, The Associated Press

Super Tuesday campaigns end

February 5, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., talk Monday. Evan Vucci, The Associated Press

Sen. Kennedy endorses Obama for president

January 29, 2008
Then-Republican presidential hopeful, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson fields questions from the media during a campaign stop to talk to supporters in Prosperity, S.C. in this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo. Thompson has quit the presidential race, according Mary Ann Chastain, The Associated Press

Fred Thompson quits presidential race

January 22, 2008
Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by, from left, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, her mother Dorothy Rodham, and daughter Chelsea Clinton, waves as she is introduced during a campaign stop at the First U Jeff Chiu, The Associated Press

Presidential campaigns fight to finish in Iowa

December 30, 2007
President Bush waves from the steps of Marine One on Wednesday shortly after vetoing a bill that would have expanded a popular health care program for children by $35 billion. Bush was leaving for a day trip to Lancaster, Pa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, RON EDMONDS

Bush vetoes insurance expansion

October 4, 2007
Gen. David Petraeus, left, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testify on the future of the war in Iraq before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Relations Committee on Monday in Washington. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, GERALD HERBERT

U.S. general outlines plan to withdraw troops

September 11, 2007
 

Gonzales resigns amid turmoil

August 28, 2007
Gen. David Petraeus, left, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, meets his field commanders in Baqouba on Saturday. Sunni extremists are likely to try a series of attacks to grab headlines, Petraeus said. Robert H. Reid, The Associated Press

Bush: Iraqi officials struggle; Legislators vote to withdraw

July 13, 2007

Senators agree on plan to revive stalled immigration compromise

June 15, 2007
BUSH The Associated Press

Bush asks fellow Republicans to support immigration bill

June 13, 2007
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