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Vice President Joseph Biden in a conference call with reporters Monday claimed the stimulus helpedcreats 150,000 jobs in the first 100 days after the Americamn Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passede in February. However, from 8.9 percent in April to 9.4 percenty in May, according to the U.S. Departmen t of Labor. Biden said stimulusw contracts and funding could resultin 600,000 jobs being created this summer. ARRA also will fund 135,00 0 state and local education jobsand 125,0000 summer youth jobs. To that end, Bidej said the government is fast trackingstimuluse projects, including: Construction and energty conservation contracts at 107 national parks.
Improvementsz at 90 veterans medical Construction funding for 200 water and wastewatere treatment plants in rural Construction at 98 airports nationwideand 1,500 highwayss and at just under 400 military The priority projects have not yet been broken down by stater or locality. The move comes as some city governments say it is takin months for ARRA money to hit the local level so contract biddinvgcan begin.
Other critics have complainede that construction and government contractorsx already working in the public sector are getting most ofthe
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