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Key elements of the $447 billion jobs package that President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday to a joint session of Congress.

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Confronting an economy in peril, President Barack Obama unveiled a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan Thursday night to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans, urging Republican skeptics to embrace an approach heavy on the tax cuts they traditionally love. With millions of voters watching and skeptical...

Congress gave President Barack Obama's drive to promote jobs growth a boost Thursday by presenting him with a major overhaul of the patent system that the president has sought as a means to spur innovation and put more people back to work.

Officials tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will ask Congress in his prime-time speech to deepen existing payroll tax cuts for workers as part of a jobs program that totals nearly $450 billion.

Republicans and Democrats on the special supercommittee warned of a financial crisis threatening future generations as the congressional debt reduction panel kicked off its work Thursday with an imperative to slash the deficit and lift the sluggish economy.