The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA--Presidential Transition http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_019204156.html Obama steps to door of White House _ and history http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_019204156.html Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_018190156.html 'Anything possible,' Obama tells joyous crowd http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_018190156.html Two days from the White House, President-elect Barack Obama joined a vast throng Sunday at a joyous pre-inauguration celebration staged among marble monuments to past heroes. Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_017191540.html Obama rides the rails to DC, packing nation's hope http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_017191540.html Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city Saturday night pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861. Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_017134511.html Obama's train tour gets send-off in Philadelphia http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_017134511.html President-elect Barack Obama's historical whistle stop tour to Washington has gotten under way after an enthusiastic send-off from Philadelphia, the cradle of American democracy. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_317113535.html Political Video http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_317113535.html
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_016220414.html Sources: Obama ready to ban harsh interrogations http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_016220414.html President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. Still under debate is whether to allow exceptions in extraordinary cases. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_015210104.html Bathroom Break: Will inauguration have enough? http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_015210104.html To Conrad Harrell of port-a-potty toilet supplier Don's Johns, Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama will be historic, but not in the way you might think. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_014210307.html Obama stimulus bill price tag now $850 billion http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_014210307.html Barack Obama's economic recovery bill has grown to $850 billion after negotiations with his Democratic allies in Congress, who have rewritten some of the president-elect's tax proposals and may drive the price tag even higher. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_013215125.html Obama presses lawmakers to OK new bailout funds http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_013215125.html Tested before taking power, President-elect Barack Obama privately delivered a pre-inauguration veto threat to fellow Democrats on Tuesday, saying they would not deny him use of the remaining $350 billion in federal bailout funds. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_012221335.html Bush agrees to Obama entreaty for bailout funds http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_012221335.html Acting at Barack Obama's behest, President George W. Bush on Monday asked Congress for the final $350 billion in the financial bailout fund, effectively ceding economic reins to the president-elect in an extraordinary display of transition teamwork. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_011221708.html Quick tapping of unspent $350 billion in works http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_011221708.html Senate Democrats prepared Sunday to answer a request for the remaining $350 billion in financial industry bailout funds as the Bush administration and President-elect Obama undertook a tag-team effort to obtain the money from reluctant lawmakers. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_010231954.html Obama advisers: Plan would create up to 4.1M jobs http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_010231954.html President-elect Barack Obama countered critics with an analysis Saturday by his economic team showing that a program of tax cuts and spending like he's proposed would create up to 4.1 million jobs, far more than the 3 million he has insisted are needed to lift the country from recession. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_009221247.html Obama economic plan meets Capitol Hill reality http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_009221247.html Pushed by fellow Democrats, President-elect Barack Obama agreed to modest changes in his proposed tax cuts on Friday after inviting lawmakers to "just show me" ideas for fixing an economy shedding jobs at an alarming rate. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_008224931.html Obama tax plan runs into opposition in Senate http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_008224931.html President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_008055918.html Obama's performance czar has tried to improve IRS http://www.dailyitem.com/0106_2008/local_story_008055918.html Nancy Killefer, the management consultant chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to make federal agencies work better for the public, has a lot of experience trying to improve the agency taxpayers love to hate, the Internal Revenue Service.