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Calendar No. 1
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 6, 2009
Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Begich, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
January 7, 2009
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America's middle class through measures that modernize the nation's infrastructure, enhance America's energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
.
Job creation, economic growth, and a strong middle class
It is the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America's middle class through measures that—
modernize the nation's infrastructure;
enhance America's energy independence;
expand educational opportunities;
preserve and improve affordable health care;
provide tax relief; and
protect those in greatest need.
January 7, 2009
Read the second time and placed on the calendar