Sentences with phrase «u.s. economic stimulus packages»

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In the economic stimulus package, the biggest winner among U.S. science agencies is probably the National Institutes of Health, which will receive $ 8.2 billion for research.

But scientists say that the economic stimulus package moving quickly through the U.S. Congress provides so much support for research that Canadian scientists once again will be tempted to cross the border, offsetting gains made over the past decade as a result of faculty - recruitment programs.

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.

These potential economic gains from improved schools should be compared to the huge political fights in the U.S. over a stimulus package of one trillion dollars, or one hundredth of the magnitude of the gains we are leaving on the table from ignoring the achievement in our schools.

The stimulus package is designed to generate economic activity to prevent further deterioration of the severely contracted U.S. economy.