Jan. 27, 2009: President Obama leaves the White House with his legislative affairs director Phil Shiliro en route to the U.S. Capitol to meet with the Republican caucuses.

Jan. 27, 2009: House Republicans surround the President after the meeting. Many of them were seeking his autograph. Every House Republican eventually voted against the bill.

Jan 27, 2009: On Capitol Hill, the President listens to a question from a member of the House Republican caucus. After the meeting, he gave some brief remarks.

Jan. 23, 2009: President Obama talks alone with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office a few days after the inauguration.

Jan. 31, 2009: Though the annual Alfalfa Club dinner on Jan. 31 was a social affair, the President took time out to talk with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Feb. 1, 2009: The President walks with Today Show host Matt Lauer on the state floor of the White House on Super Bowl Sunday. During the interview, the President discussed the stimulus package.

Feb. 1, 2009: In the White House family theater, the President serves cookies to his guests during the Super Bowl. Many of the guests were Congressmen and Senators, and their families.

Feb. 4, 2009: President Obama speaks to the Senate Democrats at the Newseum in Washington.

Feb. 3, 2009: From his private study, the President pays courtesy calls to governors hit hard by the economic crisis.

Jan. 30, 2009: The President welcomes Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) to the Oval Office.

Feb. 4, 2009: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) meets with the President in the Oval Office. Collins was one of three Republican Senators who eventually voted for the stimulus bill.

Feb. 4, 2009: The President confers with senior advisors in the Oval Office.

Feb. 6, 2009: Back on the phone, the President tries to persuade a Republican Senator to vote for the bill.

Feb. 5, 2009: Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel meets in the Oval Office with the President.

Feb. 5, 2009: The President is applauded by House Democrats as he is introduced to speak at the House Democrats Issues Conference in Williamsburg, VA.

Feb. 9, 2009: Aboard Air Force One, the President talks with members of the Indiana Congressional Delegation en route to Elkhart, IN, for a town hall meeting to discuss the economic recovery package.

Feb. 9, 2009: Just a few hours after returning from the town hall in Elkhart, IN, President Obama is introduced at his first prime-time press conference.

Feb. 10, 2009: The President speaks with a Congressional delegation from Florida aboard Air Force One. The group is on its way to Ft. Myers, FL, the site of the week's second town hall. It is among the towns hit hardest by the economic crisis, with one of the nation's highest foreclosure rates.

Feb. 10, 2009: Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL), one of many Republican governors who support the economic recovery package, introduces the President at a town hall in Ft. Myers, FL.

Feb. 10, 2009: As a girl snaps a photo, Henrietta Hughes raises her hand during the town hall in Ft. Myers, FL. The President eventually called on Hughes, who told him she was homeless. The President embraced her and promised to help.

Feb. 10, 2009: The President meets with the Democratic Blue Dog coalition in the State Dining Room of the White House.

Feb. 11, 2009: As Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks on his cell phone, the President closes his eyes just as Congress works to resolve the discrepancies between House and Senate versions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.