White House insists stimulus plan a ‘job engine’
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s stimulus law had raised employment by up to 3.6 million jobs, as it battled to trump public skepticism over the mammoth plan.
Vice President Joe Biden argued forcefully that the US economy would barely be growing were it…
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