From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Economic stimulus and the promise of bipartisanship.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Polls show everybody wants to fix the economy, but grassroots partisans don't agree about how to do it,

and that's reflected in Washington. President Obama went to Capitol Hill today, but even before he got there,

House Republican leaders called for a no vote on his stimulus package. Is it the best way to create jobs or a grab

bag of special interest giveaways? Does it properly balance tax cuts and spending? Will the promise of

postpartisan politics fail its first test in Congress? On reporter's notebook later on, the first

bill likely to be signed into law by President Obama on wage

discrimination. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW

Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford

Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warren Alley, back with To the Point.

Barack Obama said he'd restore the economy in a bipartisan way, but debate over his stimulus package sounds all too familiar. We'll hear about his visit to Capitol Hill today

and the prospects for consensus. On reporter's notebook, Congress is in the process of sending

its first bill to the Obama White House.

We'll hear about Lilly Ledbetter and gender discrimination in wages.

First, this news update.

As a candidate, President Obama promised to reach out to Arabs and Muslims, especially in the Middle East.

His special envoy, George Mitchell, is already in Egypt to discuss the fate of the Gaza Strip,

and the president granted his first interview as president to the satellite channel, Al-Arabia.

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