Stimulus News
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3/15/10 - theGrio & CNBC Market Update
7:50 AM on 03/15/2010
VIDEO - Investors watch the Fed for signs of recovery, while reports on housing, manufacturing, and inflation give businesses insight into the economy...
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
3:54 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
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Minority firms get less stimulus money
11:24 AM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive...
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2/22/10 - theGrio & CNBC Market Update
7:00 AM on 02/22/2010
VIDEO - The Stimulus Bill ends its first year, while investors await national economic reports on Housing, Consumer Confidence, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
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Slideshow: theGrio's week in review 2/14 - 2/20
4:22 PM on 02/19/2010
The one year anniversary of the stimulus, the 'We Are the World' remake, Tiger Woods' mea culpa -- these are the highlights of the week that was...
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Obama says stimulus bill saved a troubled US economy
8:57 AM on 02/17/2010
VIDEO - President Obama is observing the first anniversary of the signing of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill...
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The stimulus one year later: A bold move that began a jobless recovery
8:14 AM on 02/17/2010
OPINION - Abysmal disparities in economic opportunities prove that equality has not yet been achieved...
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Obama invites Kansas City green activist to State of the Union
9:38 AM on 01/27/2010
Anita Maltbia's local green activism has won her the coveted seat next to the first lady at Obama's State of the Union. It's no surprise why she was invited...
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Metro areas get chunk of rural stimulus aid
8:35 AM on 12/28/2009
WASHINGTON -- More than $2.7 billion of stimulus aid for struggling parts of rural America has gone to the nation's biggest metropolitan areas...
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Black caucus boycotts vote, gets $6 billion
9:29 AM on 12/11/2009
Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion to a proposed House jobs bill in spending they sought for African-American communities.
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Obama holds summit on employment
4:29 PM on 12/03/2009
VIDEO - President Barack Obama says a jobs forum he hosted at the White House generated many useful ideas for jump-starting job creation...
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Stimulus is music to jazz artists' ears
7:45 AM on 11/24/2009
VIDEO - Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit group that assists struggling veteran musicians, Bertha Hope has one gig that she can always count on...
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Minorities have suffered most in recession, Biden tells Urban League
4:17 PM on 07/31/2009
Vice President Joe Biden touted the $787 billion federal stimulus effort on Friday, saying he sees signs that the recession could end soon, but also called the package "the most misunderstood" piece of legislation.
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Obama meets with G-8 leaders in Italy
8:59 AM on 07/08/2009
President Obama arrived in Rome and met with Italy's president before the summit's open. President Barack Obama said, "The Italian government I think has been such a great friend to the United States on a whole range of issues." The host town of L'Aquila is under tight security. The roads into it shut down...
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New Orleans seeing a drought of stimulus funds
8:42 AM on 07/06/2009
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery for New Orleans and many places in the Gulf Coast has not happened for many families devastated by the deadly storm. Recent articles in the New York Times and in Brad Pitt-focused magazine cover stories would have us believe that all is well and...
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Obama wants to create 600,000 jobs in 100 days (video)
5:00 PM on 06/08/2009
(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) WASHINGTON - While the rest of America is hoping for a summer wind down President Obama is gearing up for a busy June and July. Mr. Obama says he's putting stimulus dollars to work and he wants to create or save 600,000 jobs in the next 100...
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Obama back home, turns attention to domestic issues (video)
9:16 AM on 06/08/2009
BRETT BLACKLEDGE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs. Obama is ramping up his stimulus program this week...
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Protesters demand Gov. Jindal accept federal stimulus money for Louisiana (video)
6:11 PM on 05/27/2009
Baton Rouge, LA - A group of protesters are angry that Governor Bobby Jindal has decided not to accept all of the federal stimulus money. The Concerned Citizens Coalition rallied on the steps of the state capitol this morning. They say they want to stop budget cuts on everything from...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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