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Obama’s January agenda
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Obama’s January agenda
Posted: 07:30 AM ET
By Jeanne Sahadi
CNNMoney.com senior writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Considering the work ahead, it’s likely that
the fabled first 100 days of a new presidency will be highly compressed for
President-elect Obama and the new Congress.

With so much at stake for the United States and the global economy, the
demand will be great for substantive action during January, a month normally
reserved for procedural necessities that establish the new administration.

Between Jan. 6, when the 111th Congress begins, until Jan. 20, when Obama
takes office, lawmakers will be scrambling to hold hearings, write major
legislation and oversee a string of unprecedented and controversial financial
rescue packages.

Then after Obama is sworn in, action is expected on a number of fronts
before the month is out.

“A lot of houses are on fire. Everyone is going to be looking to the
president for decisive action,” said Terry Sullivan, executive director of the
White House Transition Project and an associate professor at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.