Politics

On A Path To Economic Recovery

By Karina

On February 13th, Congress passed the final American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to save and create millions of jobs, get our economy moving again, and transform it for long-term growth and stability by investing in America?s infrastructure. Despite difficult unemployment news last month, the Recovery Act is beginning to work–job loss is slowing and economists tell us unemployment numbers would be worse without the Recovery Act:

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Congress will continue to work with President Obama in taking aggressive action to create and save jobs while investing in clean energy, education, and affordable health care to ensure a full economic recovery that will last for generations to come. As Speaker Pelosi said last week, “this is a time for bold, bipartisan action because Americans who are losing their jobs, homes and health care cannot afford wait.”

Learn more about the progress, and oversight, of Recovery Act funds on recovery.gov>>

Full post as published by The Gavel on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).