Obama presses Congress to OK new bailout funds

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Tested before taking power, president-elect Barack Obama appealed to Democrats in Congress on Tuesday to allow the use of an additional $350 billion in federal bailout funds and vowed to veto any move to block the money.

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