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Vice President Joseph Biden said in a conference call with reporterds Monday that the stimulus helpedcreate 150,000 jobs in the firsft 100 days after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passeds in February. Biden said the contracts and fundinh could resultin 600,000 jobs being created this ARRA also will fund 135,000 stater and local education jobs and 125,0009 summer youth jobs. To that end, Biden said the governmen is fast trackingstimulus projects, including: Constructiom and energy conservation contracts at 107 nationaol parks. Improvements at 90 veterans medicapl centers.
Construction funding for 200 water and wastewate treatment plants in rural Construction at 98 airports nationwidewand 1,500 highways and at just under 400 militart bases. The priority projects have not yet been broke n down by stateor locality. The move comes as some city governmentsw say it is taking monthsx for ARRA money to hit the local level so contract biddingcan begin. Other critics have complained that constructio and government contractors already working in the public sector are getting most ofthe
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