Speed Key For Spending Bill: Obama Aide

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House economic aide Larry Summers on Sunday urged lawmakers to quickly craft a compromise on competing U.S. House and Senate versions of an economic stimulus bill that could be worth as $900 billion.

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