The tab for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) - one of the largest investments ever in the US economy - has
been revised upward to $814 billion from the original $787 billion from
2009 through 2019, according to the Congressional Budget Office. And
critics who say the current plan hasn’t worked worry that another
stimulus plan might be in the works.
In the midst of the naysayers, the White House last month published its first analysis of the impact of the 2009 economic stimulus package on advances in science and health, claiming successes in funding innovation in fields such as solar power, electronic health records, high-speed rail, and new battery technologies.
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Author: Lori Valigra
