Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Jobs

In Push For Jobs Bill, Obama Picks the Wrong Bridge to Highlight

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 22, 2011 | 2 Comments

President Obama chose the home turf of two of his principal political opponents to highlight the need for more infrastructure investment in the U.S. Standing beneath the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Cincinnati (the home city of House Speaker John Boehner) with Kentucky (the home state of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell), Obama made his […]

Good News and Bad News: Obama’s Plan Would Work, But GOP Won’t Pass It

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 9, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning brought some useful indicators about the outlook for President Obama’s jobs bill. Good news first: Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says President Obama’s job creation plan will likely add 1.9 million jobs, cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point, and grow the economy by 2 percent. The plan includes $50 billion for infrastructure, […]

Behind President Obama’s Call For More Infrastructure Projects

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 7, 2011 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow night, President Obama will unveil his jobs plan before a skeptical Congress. It’s unclear how much of the $300 billion proposal will go to infrastructure, but the president has said that will be a centerpiece of the proposal. An infrastructure bank and a new version of the expired Build America Bonds program could also […]