Meet the Press with Chief Economic Advisor Larry Summers (8/2/2009)

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President Obama's Weekly Address (8/1/2009)

Sorry about the delay! I have a horrible two-day migraine this week. But here it is....





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Head of Federal Documents
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Public Law 111-005, the Stimulus Package

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is now officially Public Law 111-005. For an actual image of the Act with President Obama's signature, visit the OpenCongress Blog. The blog also links to a Huffington Post article discussing the possiblity of a second stimulus package, should this first one not do enough for the economy. Of course, there are no plans to introduce a second package to Congress at this time.

You can also check out the employment numbers by state or by congressional district on President Obama's blog. The blog also has individual fact sheets for energy, education, and health care.


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Stimulus Bill Signed

Today, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. This means that the site Recovery.gov is now live! The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be carried out with full transparency and accountability -- and Recovery.gov is the centerpiece of that effort. In a short video, President Obama describes the site and talks about how you'll be able to track the Recovery Act's progress every step of the way.



Your Money at Work from White House on Vimeo.


Read President Obama's remarks here.


ProPublica has two break downs of the bill: one for the tax cuts and one for the spending provisions.


CCH has also issued a Tax Briefing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.



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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Last night, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress. It passed the House earlier in the day with 246 Ayes, 183 Nays, and 4 Present/Not Voting. In the evening, it passed the Senate with 60 Ayes, 38 Nays, and 1 Present/Not Voting. Now, it awaits the President's signature. If President Obama stands by his "Sunlight before Signing" promise, he will post the act online and wait at least 5 days before signing it into law. President Obama has not done this with two earlier acts (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the State Children's Health Insurance Program). Because of the nature of the bill and the desire for economic aid to be applied quickly, it is hard to say when the President will sign.


For more information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, visit GovTrack.


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Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies

House Passes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The House of Representatives has passed the final conference report on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (246-183). The 183 against was comprised of all the Republicans in the House, as well as 7 Democrats. Now it is up to the Senate.


Federal News Radio Article


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Federal Documents Librarian
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Stimulus Package Breakdown

The Washington Post has a visual breakdown of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that was just passed by the Senate. Check it out!


(Kudos to Law Librarian Blog for the link.)


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American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan Passes

The Act passed 61 to 37.


For a breakdown of the votes, check out Govtrack.us.


(Kudos to Rebecca at McNeese for the heads up!)


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Senate Changes to the Stimulus Package

Check out the changes proposed by the Senate.

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President Obama's Weekly Address (1/31/2009)

For those of you interested in reading more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, here is the description of the Act. You can also get the highlights of the Act in the online Wall Street Journal.

A more visual representation of the breakdown of the Act can be found at ProPublica. (Kudos to Law Librarian Blog for the info.)


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Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies

American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

The House of Representatives has passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 244-188 (all Republicans and 11 Democrats voted no). It will now go to the Senate. The New York Times has an interesting break down of the votes here.


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Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies