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On February 8, 2009, a letter to Congress signed by about 200 economists in favor of the stimulus, written by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said that Obama's plan "proposes important investments that can start to overcome the nation's damaging loss of jobs", and would "put the United States back onto a sustainable long-term ...
[4] [5] Obama used the phrase to describe infrastructure projects that were ready to immediately receive stimulus funding of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. [ 6 ] Later, other commentators suggested the phrase denoted projects which were able to begin construction within a specific time-frame of three or four months [ 7 ] on ...
President Barack Obama made a Labor Day pitch for some $50 billion in new road, rail and airport construction projects with a plan that aims to overhaul national infrastructure spending and jump ...
President Obama is unveiling this week what some have dubbed his "second stimulus." There's $50 billion more in infrastructure spending on roads and bridges, $100 billion to make a research and ...
According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle-class families as the McCain plan. [235] Obama's plan includes a temporary "Making Work Pay" program, which gives a tax credit at 6.2% of earned income up to $400 for single workers (making less than $75,000/yr), and an $800 for married couples ...
President Barack Obama hasn't given up on it. Having seen Congressional Republicans dash his hopes of passing his American Jobs bill as a whole, Obama is now seeking to get his plan through in ...
The following is a list of actions conducted by Barack Obama's administration as part of the We Can't Wait program, along with the brief description, and the date issued. Expanded eligibility for the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) (October 24, 2011)—allows any homeowner with a mortgage owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie ...
In a town hall meeting last week, a member of the audience asked President Obama what could be done to improve America's infrastructure. Touching on numerous issues, the President repeatedly ...