Everyone is wondering and worrying around the economy, and what the President is doing. The stimulus bill seems like our great hope, but I've heard plenty of people complaining about it. It was passed by a Democratic congress, and many Republicans are against it.
I was watching "Face the Nation" this morning, and even heard that some of the republican Governors may choose not to take the money that they will be offered by this bill.
One great thing about the internet -- and I believe it's a great thing about Obama -- is that you can find the text of the bill, on line, really easy. I found it, and this is the first page - the table of contents. I'm going to try to read it (as well as I can... I like to read, but this is probably more than a little over my head.) If you want to try to read it too, the link is at the bottom.
Government BY the People, FOR the People. This is the whole point to CHANGE, right? So give it a try. I'm not doing anything important today anyway! I'll write back later with whatever I can figure out. Which might not be much. But you should try to read it too, when you have a minute, and see if YOU support it or not.
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington
on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January,
two thousand and nine
An Act
Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed,
and
State and local fiscal stabilization,
for the fiscal year ending September 30,2009,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the
‘‘American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS
TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,
AND RELATED AGENCIES
TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
TITLE IV—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
TITLE V—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TITLE VI—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
TITLE VII—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
TITLE IX—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
TITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED
AGENCIES
TITLE XI—STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
TITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
RELATED AGENCIES
TITLE XIII—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TITLE XIV—STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND
TITLE XV—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
TITLE XVI—GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
DIVISION B—TAX, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, STATE FISCAL RELIEF, AND
OTHER PROVISIONS
TITLE I—TAX PROVISIONS
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUGGLING
FAMILIES
TITLE III—PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS
TITLE IV—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;
MISCELLANEOUS MEDICARE PROVISIONS
TITLE V—STATE FISCAL RELIEF
TITLE VI—BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
TITLE VII—LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
You can read the whole thing here:
(It might take a while to load on your computer)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1enr.pdf
