In 2008, the Bush Administration proposed, pushed, and signed the Economic Stimulus Act, a deficit-financed tax cut designed to boost the flagging economy.

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In early 2008, with the country veering towards a recession (even though nobody wanted to call it that at the time), President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

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President Bush today urged Republican members of Congress to act immediately on the new economic stimulus package.

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Moss Point and other towns like it are slated to receive more money from the Obama administration's economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Patrick Sandusky, a spokesman for the Chicago 2016 committee, said the games still had "quite high public support" and that they would, in fact, act as a mini-economic stimulus for job creation.

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In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which was part of the federal stimulus legislation.

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Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, and Thomas Reynolds, R-New York, co-sponsored the I Love NY Tax Deduction Act as a way to provide the city with targeted economic stimulus following the September 11 terrorist attacks, which took a toll on Big Apple tourism.

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