WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Barack Obama starts his first full week in office, the focus is on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are set to act on legislation aimed at spurring the economy.
Obama plans to meet with more GOP lawmakers this week, though the top House Republican says there's little support among his GOP colleagues for the package in its current form.
Obama's Cabinet is set to get another member Monday. The Senate is poised to confirm Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary despite his tax questions.
Some Republicans say his confirmation will create an unusual situation: A Cabinet member heading the agency that oversees the IRS who had to cut a check to pay back taxes and penalties.
Geithner failed to pay $34,000 in back taxes earlier in the decade but now has paid it all.
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