Stimulus Spending

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White House: 650,000 Jobs In New Stimulus Report

AP | MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, a...

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Stimulus Saved 30,000 Jobs - With $2.2 Billion In Spending

nytimes.com | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

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Businesses that got stimulus contracts directly from the federal government reported creating or saving 30,383 jobs so far, according to data publishe...

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Closing The $1.5 Trillion "Fix-Up" Gap in Obama's Economic Plan

John F. Wasik | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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One glaring subject that Obama avoided in the campaign is how to pay for infrastructure over time and how it will dovetail with an overall strategy to address climate change.

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Energy Projects Lag In Stimulus Spending

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Gary Cohn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

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President Obama has pledged to transform the nation's energy policy and has made renewable energy a cornerstone of the $787 billion stimulus package, ...

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The Weirdest Stimulus Projects: Recovery Act Spending

cnn.com | David Goldman, CNNMoney.Com Staff Writer | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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The government has spent about $85 billion on Recovery Act projects so far, but not all of money is being used to fix roads, provide more Medicare aid...

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Biden To Announce Almost $1.2B For Medical Records

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday the nation has never been closer to substantial health care overhaul despite "all the shouting ...

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Stimulus Spending Fails to Follow Unemployment, Poverty

ProPublica | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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by Michael Grabell and Jennifer La Fleur Since the economic stimulus bill passed nearly six months ago, the Obama administration has repeatedly pledg...

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States, Cities Spend Millions To Attract Stimulus Money

wsj.com | By LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

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Towns, cities, counties and states across the country spent a total of $21.4 million on lobbyists between April and June, up 2.7% from the first quart...

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States, Cities Still Spending Millions On Lobbying For Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 09.02.2009 | Business

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Strapped local and state governments are still spending on at least one activity: seeking stimulus money....

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Stimulus Has Millions In Spending On Actual Pork, Ham

New York Post | GEOFF EARLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

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Millions of dollars for pork. No, we mean actual pork. The NY Post reports today that the government is going on a stimulus spending "deli run," with ...

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Second Stimulus: Laura Tyson, Obama Adviser, Says Economy Needs Boost

bloomberg.com | Shamim Adam | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

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July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approve...

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France's Stimulus Projects Fast-Tracked, While U.S. Waits

nytimes.com | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

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FONTAINEBLEAU, France -- French workers normally take off much of the summer, but this month, there is something of a revolution going on here at this...

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Stimulus Numbers: Transparent, Yes. Intelligible? No.

ProPublica | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

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One of our goals for tracking the $787 billion stimulus package is figuring out how much each federal agency is actually spending -- something that's trickier than it sounds.

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Where a Train Beats a Plane: Lessons for the U.S. From Spain's High-Speed Rail

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

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The train takes an hour and a half longer than the plane flight between the Barcelona and Madrid, but travelers are opting for the train because it travels from city center to city center, is reliable and nearly always on time.

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Stimulus Spending: Construction Workers Cheer Funds

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Willie Fort is a lucky man. Last month he came within a whisker of losing his construction job, but now he is off to Louisiana ...

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Pennsylvania Schools Wait For $1.6B In Aid

post-gazette.com | Eleanor Chute | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

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While road and bridge projects using federal economic stimulus money already are under way, local school districts have not yet received a dime of sti...

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Georgia To Get $36 Million In Stimulus Funds

examiner.com | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

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ATLANTA (Map, News) - Georgia law enforcement will receive a boost from more than $36 million in federal stimulus funds for public safety programs. F...

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Will Stimulus Spending Create New Jobs? We May Never Know

ProPublica | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

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Why can't we just add up the numbers from these reports to find an aggregate number of jobs created by stimulus spending? There are several problems with this, according to the report.

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Energy Stimulus Money In Jeopardy, Environmental Groups Say

The Columbus Dispatch | Doug Caruso | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

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Ohio could miss out on millions of dollars in federal stimulus money unless the state quickly adopts building codes with stricter energy efficiency re...

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Obama Threatens To Rescind Stimulus If Not Used To Restore Union Wage Cuts

Los Angeles Times | Evan Halper | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

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The Obama administration is threatening to rescind billions of dollars in federal stimulus money if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers do ...

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Delaware Using Stimulus To Help Small Businesses

Smyrna Clayton Sun Times | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business

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Lt. Governor Denn and DEDO launch "Stimulus Opportunities for Small Businesses" Road Show Wilmington- Lt. Governor Matt Denn, Delaware Economic Develo...

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After Voting No, Republicans Take Credit For Stimulus-Funded Projects

Wall Street Journal | NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

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Republicans railed against the Democrats' massive economic-stimulus and spending bills as fiscally irresponsible, but some GOP lawmakers are taking cr...

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