President Obama has agreed to sign a $410 billion spending bill. Critics say he is breaking a campaign promise.
(Getty Images Photo / Chip Somodevilla)
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Obama says $155m in health funding means jobs, too
President Obama has agreed to sign a $410 billion spending bill. Critics say he is breaking a campaign promise.
(Getty Images Photo / Chip Somodevilla)
President Obama announced yesterday the latest dividend from the $787 billion economic stimulus package he championed: the release of $155 million for 126 new health centers, enough, he said, to provide basic care to 750,000 Americans and to create 5,500 jobs. (Full article: 687 words)
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