american recovery and reinvestment act

Economists say the Obama administration's stimulus program actually saved the country's economy from plunging into the Great Depression 2.0. Yet that news will likely fail to sway voters who believe the current administration didn't do enough to support the economy.

Are you still reeling because you had to write a big tax check to Uncle Sam? Are you still elated because the government wrote one to you? Believe it or not, in both cases, something went wrong. It's less of a shock to the system when the IRS is paying you, rather than the other way around, but...

The Council of Economic Advisers released its second report on the effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus bill. But are the numbers any good?

Jobless workers who saw the clock ticking on their unemployment benefits likely breathed a sigh of relief earlier this month after Congress overwhelmingly agreed to extend unemployment insurance payments for as many as 20 weeks. But a nonprofit labor watchdog warns that millions are still at risk...

The cornerstone American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law in February, contained a key provision to help the newly unemployed keep their employer-sponsored health-care plans. Most employees who lose their jobs can keep coverage for up to 18 months, under the Consolidated Omnibus...

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. Before you jump down my throat, saying that all immigrants do is drive up unemployment, allow me to bring forth some evidence to the contrary that shows immigration can also help...

You know the saying: For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost.It comes from a rhyme, where someone doesn't have a nail and can't fit a horse with a shoe (yeah, this wasn't exactly written yesterday), and because there was no horse, no rider went into battle, and the kingdom crumbles into a...

I have an uncle who is a car salesman, and from the weary look he gives me every time I ask him how sales are going, I know that the tax breaks from the stimulus package, the tax credits designed to encourage car buying, haven't exactly kicked in yet.But give it time. The American Recovery and...

The health care system is sick. Or broken, or in desperate need of repair. But whatever you want to call it, it's not all bad out there. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is aiming some of its dollars -- $155 million, to be precise -- at 126 health centers around the country.When...

Now that Congress has delivered to the president the economic-stimulus bill for his expected signature, how much aid will your state get in the final compromise package? The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank updated an online map on February 13 to show state-by-state funding...