Here’s the stripped down basics of what you need to know about the President’s stimulus plan.
Real Name: THE PRESIDENT’S AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Nicknames: The Stimulus Plan, Obama’s Package
Website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/economy/
Latest Twitter Status: you know, chillin’.
Original Goals: Double production of alt energy, improve energy efficiency, computerize medical records, get schools up to date, expand rural broadband as an entrepreneurial springboard, invest in science and tech.
Proposed Ways To Achieve These Goals: Tax cuts for individuals, families and businesses; assistance for jobless and low income Americans; aid to states; substantial government spending on education, healthcare, energy and technology.
Actual Legislation: H.R.1 (”Title: Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.”)
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 1/26/2009)
Cosponsors (9) A roundup of some of my favorites, including Barney Frank, Charlie Rangel and Henry Waxman
Related Bills: H.RES.88, H.RES.92, H.R.290, H.R.291, H.R.598, H.R.629, H.R.679, S.336, S.350
Updated Twitter Status: Just got approved by the Senate! But now they need to revise me based on my previous (less costly) version passed in the House. Pray for me during this ordeal.
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