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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111–5 (text)), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009.
In June 2009, dissatisfied with the pace of economic stimulus, Obama called on his cabinet to accelerate the investment. [45] By late 2013, the Federal Government had disposed of (re-privatized) all of its investments in Chrysler and GM. As of late 2016, taxpayers had recovered $71 billion of the $80 billion invested in the automobile industry. [2]
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–185 (text), 122 Stat. 613, enacted February 13, 2008) was an Act of Congress providing for several kinds of economic stimuli intended to boost the United States economy in 2008 and to avert a recession, or ameliorate economic conditions. The stimulus package was passed by the U.S. House of ...
In laying out details for his new economic stimulus program Wednesday, President Barack Obama regained his political swagger and ramped up his criticism of Republican leaders for failing to ...
The first half of the bailout money was primarily used to buy preferred stock in banks instead of troubled mortgage assets. [11] In January 2009, the Obama administration announced a stimulus plan to revive the economy with the intention to create or save more than 3.6 million jobs in two years. The cost of this initial recovery plan was ...
The measure was proposed by Christopher Dodd of Connecticut as an amendment to the $900 billion economic stimulus act then waiting to be passed. [24] On February 10, the newly confirmed Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner outlined his plan to use the remaining $300 billion or so in TARP funds.
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The recovery rebate credit is a refundable tax credit for taxpayers who didn’t receive economic impact payments, also known as stimulus payments. These were direct payments from the federal ...