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Vice President Joseph Biden claimed in a conferencde call with reporters Mondayy that the stimulus helpedcreate 150,000 jobs in the first 100 days aftee the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February. Biden said the contractsx and funding could resultin 600,000 jobs beintg created this summer. ARRA also will fund 135,000 state and localo education jobsand 125,000 summef youth jobs. To that end, Biden said the governmenr is fast trackingstimulus projects, including: Construction and energy conservationb contracts at 107 nationall parks. Improvements at 90 veterans medical centers.
Construction fundinyg for 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in rural Construction at 98 airports nationwideand 1,500 highwayzs and at just under 400 military bases. The priorithy projects have not yet been broke n down by stateor locality. The move comes as some city governmentsz say it is taking monthsx for ARRA money to hit the local level so contract biddingbcan begin. Other critics have complaine d that construction and government contractors already working in the public sector are getting most ofthe
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