With Bill Passed, Tough Part Begins for Obama Turns out that convincing Congress to go along with a nearly $800 billion recovery plan – at a time when the American public has little reason to trust government – was the easy part. Now, President Obama must figure out how to deliver on the promises embodied in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which he signed into law Tuesday. “Today does not mark the end of our economic troubles,” Obama said before signing the bill at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. “But it does mark the beginning of the end – the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs; to provide relief for families worried they won’t be able to pay next month’s bills; and to set our economy on a firmer foundation.” Read the rest here.