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Obama: Economic inaction will turn 'crisis into catastrophe'
President Barack Obama, pressuring lawmakersto urgently approve a massive economic recovery bill, criticizedRepublicans who have balked at the legislation Monday night andsaid, "I can't afford to see Congress play the usual politicalgames."
Obama used the first prime-time news conference of hispresidency to warn that a failure to act swiftly and boldly "couldturn a crisis into a catastrophe."...
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