/tags/federal-stimulus federal stimulus en-US Copyright Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-01-08/obama-says-goodbye-this-week-but-his-message-hasnt-always-gotten-through President Obama came into office hailed as the "Great Communicator," but when it came to explaining the $780 billion stimulus, he came up short, setting up a pattern that would repeat. Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-01-08/obama-says-goodbye-this-week-but-his-message-hasnt-always-gotten-through Tamara Keith