Today, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released their latest quarterly report on the stimulus and estimated that the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act has increased total employment by between 2.2 and 2.8 million jobs — with tax cuts and income support saving or creating approximately half of More…
Next week, the Senate returns from recess to a months-long battle over the extension of expiring programs providing benefits to millions of jobless Americans.
In March, the House passed a $9 billion bill to prevent benefit loss. The Senate rushed to pass the House version before the congressional More…
In his first policy speech since the election, President-elect Barack Obama laid out his “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” to stimulate the economy by pumping money into infrastructure, alternative energy, technology and aid to states.
Speaking at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., he warned of the hard times to More…
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