Sentences with phrase «obama economic stimulus»

The Obama economic stimulus package contains a huge windfall for education, approximately $ 115 billion — more than double the department's annual budget, a requested $ 46.7 billion for the coming fiscal year.

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Has President Obama or any member of his economic team (in an official capacity) ever claimed that the 2009 stimulus bill was too small?

The Congressional Budget Office and a broad range of economists credit Obama's stimulus plan for economic growth.

Christina Romer, the chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, said last fall, «By mid-2010, fiscal stimulus will likely be contributing little to further growth,» adding that she didn't expect unemployment to fall significantly until 2011.

Perhaps the most notable of them — because he has had to acknowledge that he underestimated the size of the stimulus that was needed to revive the US economy — is President Obama's former principal economic adviser: Larry Summers.

Kelly ran ads that labeled Giffords as part of the Washington crowd — linking her stances on immigration and the economic stimulus package with similar positions held by President Obama and then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.).

Liberals have criticized Obama and his staff for moving to the middle and bargaining on healthcare reform, as well as the financial regulatory overhaul and even the $ 787 billion economic stimulus package, which some liberals said should have been larger.

In the e-mail, Obama calls Murphy an «ally for change» and cites his support for the economic stimulus bill that the president signed in February, a piece of legislation that has become a hot - button issue in the race.

In a speech at the City Club of Cleveland earlier this morning, House Minority Leader John Boehner reiterated the Republican Party's call for an extension of the Bush tax cuts, criticized the administration's stimulus spending and called for the ouster of President Obama's entire economic team.

By the 2009 August recess, Obama and the Democratic Congress had enacted a sweeping economic stimulus, had confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court and were in the midst of a health - care push that would culminate in the Affordable Care Act a few months later.

He also appeared in an ad for former Charlie Crist, a former Republican governor of Florida who left the GOP after being criticized for supporting Obama's economic stimulus plan in 2009.

(CNN)- As President Obama signed the $ 787 billion economic stimulus bill, Republicans offered mixed views on whether they believe it will ultimately be effective.

Venture capitalist Scott Murphy (D) holds a 65 - vote lead over state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R) in a special election in Upstate New York, a race cast as an early referendum on President Obama's economic stimulus package.

And: President Obama urges the GOP to put politics aside and support his $ 825 billion economic stimulus plan.

(CNN)- President - elect Barack Obama plans to meet with key Capitol Hill leaders on Monday to discuss his economic stimulus plan, according to congressional sources who say precise scheduling is underway.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The Senate voted 61 - 37 to approve President Barack Obama's proposed $ 838 billion economic stimulus bill Tuesday.

Even President Barack Obama has labeled the technology as important for «energy independence» and included $ 3.4 billion in the economic stimulus package for «clean coal» power plants.

Obama used much of his speech to tout the investments his administration has already made in science and energy research through the economic - stimulus law and other increases that it anticipated as part of the budget resolution.

The overall cost of ADM's project is $ 207.5 million, with most of that — $ 141 million — supplied by the Department of Energy as part of President Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package.

In its Pledge to America, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

When the Obama administration promised $ 8 billion for rail service improvements earlier this year as part of its $ 787 - billion economic stimulus package, it opened a flood of interest in high - speed railroads, a mode of transport that has languished in the U.S. despite successes in east Asia, Europe and other parts of the world.

So in October, spurred by concern over the cost and reliability of the present system, President Obama announced $ 3.4 billion of economic stimulus funds for smart grid projects and almost $ 5 billion more in private investment.

Whether a better grid would be considered an infrastructure investment worthy of stimulus spending by the Obama administration is not clear; the work would not produce legions of jobs and would create economic benefits only slowly.

The economic stimulus package that President Obama signed in February includes $ 11 billion to build a bigger and more efficient grid, but a recent study by Oracle Corp. suggests that privately funded smart - grid projects face perception challenges.

In its «pledge to America ``, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

In some ways, the XQ competition resembled Race to the Top (RttT), the $ 4.3 billion federal education program tucked into Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package.

Some important clues to how the Obama administration intends to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may be found in an indirect source: the detailed rules set out for states competing for $ 4 billion in grants under the economic - stimulus program's Race to the Top Fund.

The expanded federal role has been most evident in a thoroughly revamped National Assessment of Educational Progress (1988); the Clinton administration's Goals 2000 Act (1994); the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind Act (2001); and, most recently, the «Race to the Top» component of the 2009 economic stimulus act, which will award competitive grants to states that, in the judgment of the Obama administration, have what it takes to turn around failing schools and boost student achievement.

Amid fanfare around the billions of dollars being delivered to schools through the federal economic - stimulus package, members of the National Conference of State Legislatures are warning that the education agenda being pushed by the Obama administration is shaping up to be just as prescriptive and intrusive as the 8 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

President Barack Obama persuaded Congress to give him the money as part of the economic stimulus so he could try new ideas to fix an education system that most agree is failing.

And if Congress doesn't agree with the Obama administration's request to continue the program, then the Race to the Top, which is being funded with economic - stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will end.

But Obama has considerable leverage in his nearly $ 5 billion competitive grant fund, dubbed the «Race to the Top,» that was set aside in the economic stimulus law.

Obama, in contrast, has sent education dollars from the federal government to the states via grants and direct aid, under the economic stimulus program, to save programs and jobs.

Obama's $ 787 billion economic stimulus bill included the education grants - the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools - for which states can compete.

Six years ago, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, armed with a bucketload of cash from the Obama administration's economic stimulus program, leveraged that money to jump - start the reform effort called Race to the Top.

With the Obama administration's mandate for health care companies to demonstrate meaningful use of EMRs to qualify for stimulus money under the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, health care companies now have a greater incentive to adopt EMR technology.

Former National Economic Council Director Lawrence Lindsey gives Jon his two cents on Obama's stimulus plan.

Over all, Obama has yet to take the energy challenge to heart beyond its convenient place in his economic stimulus package.

The promotion of green jobs with stimulus money — a marriage of the Obama administration's environmental and economic agendas — has been a top priority for the White House since day one.

In order to support the commercialization of renewable energy, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized loan guarantees, supplemented by President Obama with additional money from the economic stimulus program.

The Obama economic team's estimate of what their stimulus would accomplish was equally poor.

Oddly, at roughly the same time Paul was making his announcement, US President - elect, Barack Obama was outlining his forthcoming economic stimulus package, which will include massive expenditure on, of all things, roads.

Economics and Green Obama announced his economic stimulus plan Saturday, Nov 22, 2008 during his weekly Democratic Radio Address.

Infrastructure and Economic Stimulus It was striking to me to hear Obama talk about infrastructure projects as a source of job growth over the next 24 months.

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Mr. Sullivan said, «As Congress and President - elect Obama prepare an economic stimulus package, they should include funds and provisions to ensure that any development that occurs is transit oriented to reduce energy demands and protect the environment, while creating jobs and revitalizing the economy in New York and nationwide.

The Obama administration invested $ 8 billion in last year's economic stimulus — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — for HSR projects in Florida and California that will lay the foundation for a national network.

What do President Barack Obama's new economic policy and stimulus plan mean for the housing and care of seniors?

The federal government came through with real incentives for home buyers when it passed the $ 790 billion economic stimulus package in mid-February, followed a day later with more positive action when the Obama administration released a $ 275 billion plan for helping home owners facing foreclosure (for more on these plans, read «A Stimulus for Home Sales&stimulus package in mid-February, followed a day later with more positive action when the Obama administration released a $ 275 billion plan for helping home owners facing foreclosure (for more on these plans, read «A Stimulus for Home Sales&Stimulus for Home Sales»).

???? Passed earlier this year as part of the Obama administration's economic stimulus package, the tax credit, which is good for 10 % of the purchase price, up to $ 8,000, expires on December 1st, 2009.??