The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-5) is an economic stimulus package enacted
by the 111th United States Congress and signed
into law by President Barack
Obama on February 17, 2009. The Act
of Congress was based largely on proposals made by President Obama and is
intended to provide a stimulus to the U.S. economy in the wake of the economic downturn. The measures are nominally
worth $787 billion. The Act includes federal tax relief, expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare provisions, and domestic
spending in education,
health
care, and infrastructure, including the energy sector. The
Act also includes numerous non-economic recovery related items that were either
part of longer-term plans (e.g. a study of the effectiveness of medical
treatments) or desired by Congress (e.g. a limitation on executive
compensation in federally aided banks added by Senator Dodd and Rep. Frank).
The government action is much larger than the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, which
consisted primarily of tax rebate checks.
The bill was
first approved by the House of Representatives,
and then by the Senate. Congressional negotiators announced on
February 11 that they had completed the Conference Report of the bill.[1] The Conference Report with final handwritten provisions
was made available to the public on February 13.[2] On that day, the Conference Report was voted on and
passed as Roll Call Vote 70 by
the House, 246-183. The vote was largely along party lines with all 246 Yea
votes given by Democrats and the Nay vote split between 176 Republicans and 7
Democrats.[3] No Republicans in the House voted for the bill. Later
that day, the Senate passed the bill, 60-38, with all Democrats and
Independents voting for the bill along with three Republicans.[3] The remaining 38 Republican senators voted against the
bill.[4][5] The bill was signed into law on February 17 by President
Obama at an economic forum he was hosting in Denver,
Colorado.[6]
Also see Stimulus Money
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