by Laura Conaway

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress today to lay on the sugar, in the form of money for you. Dina Temple-Raston's got the goods:

"With the economy likely to be weak for several quarters, and with some risk of a protracted slowdown, consideration of a fiscal package by the Congress at this juncture seems appropriate," Bernanke said.

Podcast listeners, you'll remember economist Amir Sufi saying we need to goose consumer spending to lessen the pain from our slowing economy.