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 As reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on February 13, 2012
 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2012
 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 17, 2011
 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 7, 2012
 I had the chance today to talk about the choices our country faces about federal spending and taxes with two economics classes at Harvard University. Martin Feldstein asked me to give a guest lecture in Ec 1420, American Economic Policy, and Greg Mankiw asked me to do the same in Ec 10, Principles of Economics. My slides can be viewed below. read more
 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 9, 2012
 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains provisions that are intended to boost economic activity and employment in the United States. Section 1512(e) of the law requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to comment on reports filed by recipients of ARRA funding that detail the number of jobs funded through their activities. This CBO report fulfills that requirement.
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 As required by law, CBO prepares regular reports on its estimate of the number of jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which was enacted in response to significant weakness in the economy. In its latest report, issued this afternoon, CBO provides estimates of ARRA’s impact on employment and economic output in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2011, as well as over the entire period since February 2009.
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