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Job-Creating Stimulus Program Comes to an End, Auguring Thousands of Layoffs

By | 09.30.10 | 4:33 pm

Thirteen years ago, Lee Bush started his own small business, National Collection Systems, a waste management service based in Jackson, Miss. “Times are tough, and they were especially tough when the market turned down,” Bush says. “It’s hard to get loans to fund the business. We got more efficient. And More…

Job-Creating TANF Program Running Out of Funds

By | 07.27.10 | 10:58 am

This summer, Democrats pushing for additional stimulus have seemed to focus almost exclusively on extended unemployment benefits, blocked by Senate Republicans for two months. But the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created dozens of stimulus programs whose funding is fading. And Congressional Democrats have thus far failed to extend More…