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Kagen Helps Bring Ship Builder Jobs |
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 Friday, February 05, 2010
MARINETTE, WI- Congressmen Steve Kagen, M.D. today participated in the contract signing to construct the Alaska Region Research Vessel. Made possible through funds in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the three-year construction phase of the project will support 4,350 total jobs--750 directly at the Marinette Marine Shipyard and as many as 3,600 in the broader economy. |
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 Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I just finished delivering my first State of the Union address.
I set out an urgent plan for restoring economic security for struggling middle class families. This is my top priority, but I cannot do it alone -- and that's why I'm writing to you now.
Tonight, I called on Congress to enact reforms and new initiatives to defend the middle class -- to create millions of new jobs, support small businesses, and drive up wages; to invest in the education of our children and the clean energy technology that must power our future; and to protect the economy from reckless Wall Street abuses. |
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Grant to Train Nearly 3,000 for Jobs |
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 Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to expand Wisconsin’s Apprenticeship Program and train nearly 3,000 workers for clean energy jobs in building trades and manufacturing. |
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Feingold Urges Obama To Address Deficit, Jobs |
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 Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging President Obama to address deficit reduction and job creation in his upcoming State of the Union address. Feingold has made controlling government spending and job creation two of his top legislative priorities for 2010. To address skyrocketing federal deficits, Feingold recently introduced the Control Spending Now Act, legislation made up of more than 40 proposals to reduce the deficit by about one half trillion dollars. In a letter to the president, Feingold acknowledged that President Obama had inherited perhaps “the worst domestic economic mess” since the Great Depression and stated the importance of putting the government’s fiscal policies on a sustainable course. |
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