Biden promotes stimulus; busy summer of road projects ahead
By APThursday, June 17, 2010
Biden: Stimulus is working, road work ahead
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says the economic recovery act deserves credit for creating or saving upward of 2.8 million jobs so far, with thousands more projects coming soon in a busy summer of construction.
At the White House Thursday, the vice president told reporters: “Folks, the act is working.”
But the success of the law remains a point of political contention. To help counter the critics, President Barack Obama’s team is promoting what it calls a surge of infrastructure projects, paid for by taxpayers, across the country over the summer.
The vast economic stimulus package has a long-term cost of $862 billion.
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