On the w1st day of his presidency President Obama took to the road once again to push his economic stimulus package. This time he travled to Ft Myers Florida. Their he held another town meeting. Full text

The Senate passed the economic stimulus package, with the support of three Repbulicans. That package then went to House- Senate conference committee.

The Secreatry of Treasury announced his new bank resuce package. It was received with mixed reactions. The stock market dropped over 5%. Most economist however, thought the plan was a step in the right direction.

First Lady Michelle Obama visited she visited Mary's Center a community health organization in Adam's Morgan. The first lady answered questions from a group of 16-18 year olds. One of the questions was why does she visit places like this. She stated: “This is the best part of my day, short of being with my own kids. I was raised to believe that when you get you give back…We’ve been visitors but now we live here. This is our community now. We were taught you have to get to know your community you’re in, and you have to be a part of that community and you have to get to know it in order to be actively engaged in it. D.C. is our community now and it’s our home. Barack is real busy right now so I figured I’ve got the time on my hands and while the kids are in school, I figured I would come out and hear about programs and meet students. �