White House heralds stimulus bill's job creation
The White House Press Office has been busy sending releases out on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $789 billion federal stimulus package.
The big federal bill promises to create or save some 3.5 million jobs across the country over the next two years. A congressional district breakdown for jobs for Minnesota shows: 2nd District, 9,200 jobs; 6th District, 9,500 jobs; and the 8th District, 8,100 jobs.
All told, the estimate out of Washington has the legislation creating or saving some 66,000 jobs in Minnesota.
Republicans have criticized the federal stimulus bill for spending, spending, spending.
Minnesota lawmakers are working on dovetailing the federal stimulus money to the reeling state budget.
