By putting money into the pockets of average Americans, a union can be a surprisingly effective stimulus program.
In the fight over the economic stimulus program, it was the President who got his block knocked off.
The President desperately needs an economic stimulus program, and this would give him one without having to make the deficit worse.
President Clinton's economic stimulus program would have added $253 million to the budget this year, but it was defeated.
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And that's one of the reasons why I think a stimulus program is needed.
For now, the Administration is keeping its fingers crossed, rather than planning any new stimulus program.
The other half of the stimulus program, a spending bill, is stalled in the Senate.
His economic models suggest that the decline in interest rates earlier this year had the same effect as a $25 billion stimulus program.
In this scenario, the stimulus program would be much more effective.