Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, is pressing Congress to act quickly on an economic stimulus plan of about $775 billion over two years to pull the U.S. out of a recession.

1/20日上任的奥巴马正在迫使国会迅速通过一个达7750亿的刺激方案，以在2年时间里让美国走出衰退。

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In early 2008, with the country veering towards a recession (even though nobody wanted to call it that at the time), President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

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President Bush today urged Republican members of Congress to act immediately on the new economic stimulus package.

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In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which was part of the federal stimulus legislation.

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