As debate begins in the Senate on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan today, we've put together a state-by-state look at the projected impact of the plan:
Overall 3,994,000 jobs are expected to by created or saved by the end of 2010.
Earlier today President Obama met with Jim Douglas, the Republican Governor of Vermont, in the Oval Office. Governor Douglas is one of a number of Republican governors who have publicly come out in support of the plan. As President Obama explained:
We met early on during the transition period with all of the governors from across the country, and with very few exceptions, I heard from Republicans and Democrats the need for action -- and swift action -- and that's what we've been trying to do in moving this package forward.And nobody understands this better than governors and mayors and county officials who are seeing the devastating effects on the ground of this contraction in the economy. People are being laid off, and that means that governors like Jim are having to not only deal with declining revenue, but increased social services to provide support for people who are unemployed as they're seeking work.And the recovery package that we are moving forward is designed to provide states relief, to make sure that people who are laid off from their jobs are still able to get unemployment insurance, are still able to get health care, and that we are putting in place the infrastructure of rebuilding roads, bridges, waterways, other projects at the state levels that allow us to put people back to work. And we want to create or save 3 million jobs, and we want to put the investments in place that are going to ensure long-term economic growth.... there are still some differences between Democrats and Republicans on the Hill, between the White House and some of the products that's been discussed on the Hill. But what we can't do is let very modest differences get in the way of the overall package moving forward swiftly.
President Obama also met with Democratic congressional leaders this afternoon to discuss the plan.
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