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House Passes Jobs for Main Street Act of 201001-07-10 | News

House Passes Jobs for Main Street Act of 2010




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HR 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act of 2010 bill redirects $75 billion from Wall Street to Main Street. This includes $37 billion dollars for transportation projects that will put Americans back to work across the country. The bill directs $27.5 billion of transportation’s share into highway infrastructure projects, $8.4 billion into public transportation, including $6.1 billion for urban and rural formula grants. This is welcomed news for contractors seeking jobs with landscape improvements.

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House approval of the bill, on a vote of 217-212, came two weeks after AASHTO identified more than 9,500 highway, bridge, transit, rail, port, aviation and intermodal projects worth $70 billion. If funded by Congress, these projects could be used to create hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

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