Boehner Will Support $250 For Seniors If It Comes From Stimulus Funds

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he would support the recent announcement by the White House to provide senior citizens with a check for $250 if the move was payed for with Recovery Act funds.

“The stimulus bill is not working,” said Boehner during a press briefing. “If we’re going provide this benefit to our seniors, why don’t we take it from stimulus funds that clearly aren’t getting the job done?” (0:14)
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Coalition For Accountable Recovery Urges Recovery Act Board To Improve Data And Website

The Coalition For Accountable Recovery say that they will continue to urge the Office of Management and Budget, the recovery board, and Congress to improve the data and the website for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (0:32)
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Sebelius Announces $33 Million To Increase Number Of Health Care Workers

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday that an additional $33 million in Recovery Act funds will be allocated toward expanding the number of health care professionals in the U.S.

“65 million Americans currently can’t see a primary care provider today due to a shortage in their home community,” Sebelius said during a conference call with reporters. “We can’t wait for Congress to act to start filling the critical need that we have in the health care workforce.” (0:21)
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U.S. Economic Recovery Should Be Environment, Middle Class Oriented, Says President's Economic Policy Advisor

U.S. economic recovery should be more export-oriented, environmentally oriented, bio and software-engineering oriented, and middle-class oriented, said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Friday. (0:28)
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Confidence In Economy Is Rising, U.S. Economy Is Progressing, Says President’s Economic Advisor

"Recovery will take time and history suggests that there will be setbacks along the way," said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President on Economic Policy, but "the pervasive sense of fear of six months ago has receded" and "the American economy is again progressing." (0:45)
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We Will Meet Economic Recovery Timeline, Says President's Economic Policy Advisor

The impact of the Recovery Act will peak in 2010, said Assistant to the President on Economic Policy, Lawrence Summers. "Now, five months after the passage, we are on track to meet that timeline," he said. (0:32)
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Economic Recovery Agenda Assures Future Prosperity, Says President's Economic Advisor

"Yes, the {resident has an ambitious agenda, but it is an agenda comprised of measures that lay a foundation for future prosperity and for the confidence on which the current recovery depends," said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, during a report on the progress of the recovery of the U.S. economy Friday. (0:21)
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Unemployment Rate Not An Indication Of Recovery Act's Failure, Says President's Economic Advisor

“Unemployment is substantially higher and job loss has been greater than most observers predicted last winter...unemployment is likely to rise in coming months,” said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Friday. He claimed, however, that “this does not provide a basis for concluding that the Recovery Act is falling short of its goals," since the peak impact of the stimulus on jobs is not projected to be achieved until the end of 2009. (0:30)


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Boehner Ignoring His Constituents, Says Ohio Democratic Party Chair

“John really needs to get home and listen to people in his district,” says Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern. Redfern says that locals are pleased that stimulus dollars are being invested in Ohio and that jobs will be created and retained. (0:28)
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"Boehner Ought To Be Ashamed Of Himself," Says DNC Official

“He ought to be ashamed of himself. He ought to apologize to people of his district and the rest of the state for bashing the jobs that are being saved and created there by the Recovery Act,” says Hari Sevugan, Democratic National Committee Press Secretary. Sevugan is referring to statements made by Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) that his state has not received stimulus contracts for construction projects. (0:26)
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Boehner Playing Politics With Anti-Stimulus Rhetoric, Says DNC Official

Democratic National Committee National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan says Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) lied about the lack of jobs that are being created in his home state by the stimulus package "to score some cheap political points."
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Stimulus Package Results In Job Growth

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President, touts the recent decrease in job loss as a sign of the Recovery Act’s success (0:27)

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Recovery Act: Changing unemployment rates

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

A senior administration official from Vice President Biden's office discusses how the recession has been broad-based. The Recovery Act's programs are helping areas that have higher unemployment rates. (0:50)
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Council on Economic Advisers:Help the people being hurt

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

The Recovery Act is working to help the people being hurt and to minimize the harm to the unemployed.(0:45)
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Council on Economic Advisers:No change in purpose of Recovery Act

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Nothing has changed about the Council on Economic Advisers' estimate in measuring the creation and saving of jobs. Their purpose remains the same. (0:28)
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