Roadblocks to Obama's Stimulus Package

President Obama met with top congressional leaders today to try to clear roadblacks to his $850 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. On the way into the meeting, he told reporters that he thought congress was on target to approve a package by Presidents' day weekend.

"Even as we move swiftly and aggressively on the recovery package, we are also starting to put in place the kind of reform elements – oversight, transparency, accountability – that's going to be required in order for the American people to have confidence in what we're doing."

But Republican opposition could make for a partisan showdown over the size of the package and the spending priorities. FSRN's Tanya Snyder has the story:

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