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Pete Hoekstra

REPRESENTING THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

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Economic Stimulus Package

President Barack Obama recently signed into law H.R. 1, a bill totaling $787 billion designed to improve economy.

I disagree with the bill’s approach to stimulating the economy through such a massive amount of spending – which amounts to the annual discretionary budget for the entire federal government – but the following information will help constituents in Michigan’s Second Congressional District access the available resources it contains.

Moving forward, the federal government can help the American economy to rebound by reducing the tax burden on small businesses and working families, as well as providing states with flexibility in how they allocate federal resources. Allowing states and individuals to determine how they allocate their scarce resources is critical to generating any economic growth.


Business Resources:

Provisions For Business In The Stimulus Bill

Q&A for Small Business Owners

Community Resources:

Brownfield Funding

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Funding

Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)

Rural Broadband Funding

Total Infrastructure Funding


Education Resources:

2009 Stimulus Education Funding

2009 Stimulus LEA Funding

Idea Recovery Funds For Services To Children And Youths With Disabilities

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Title I, Part A Recovery Funds For Grants to Local Education Agencies


Health Care Resources:

Cobra and the Stimulus


Housing Resources:

First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit


Stimulus Links:

House GOP Republican Economic Recovery Plan

House Republican Economic Recovery Proposals (pdf)

Read The Conference Report on The Stimulus Bill

Read and Comment on the Stimulus Bill 



Related Videos:

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Answers Constituent's Questions About AIG Executive Bonuses

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Answers Constituent's Questions About Taxpayer Bailouts

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Comments on The Housing Stimulus Credit Provision in the Economic Stimulus Bill

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Comments on The Economic Stimulus Bill

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Comments on What The Economic Stimulus Bill Means to Michigan

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Comments on His Amendments to The Economic Stimulus Bill

Rep. Pete Hoekstra Speech on Amendment to Stimulus Bill

Rep. Pete Hoekstra on Fox Business


Articles of Interest: 

American Enterprise Institute– “The True Origins of This Financial Crisis”

Detroit News – “Slice the pork from stimulus program”

Las Vegas Review Journal – “It’ll Never Go Away”

Wall Street Journal – “A 40-Year Wishlist”

Wall Street Journal – "Congress Strikes $789 Billion Stimulus Deal"

Washington Times – “Economic stimulus bills allot millions for STD prevention”