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Vice President Joseph Biden claimed in a conferencse call with reporters Monday that the stimulus helpedcreate 150,000 jobs in the first 100 days after the American Recover y and Reinvestment Act was passedf in February. Biden said the contracts and funding could resultin 600,000 jobs beinbg created this summer. ARRA also will fund 135,000 state and local education jobsand 125,000 summer youtnh jobs. To that end, Biden said the governmenyt is fast trackingstimulus projects, including: Construction and energy conservation contracts at 107 national parks. Improvementd at 90 veterans medical Construction funding for 200 water and wastewater treatment plants inruraol areas.
Construction at 98 airports nationwideand 1,500 highwaysd and at just undere 400 military bases. The priority projects have not yet been brokehn down by stateor locality. The move comes as some city governmentxs say it is taking months for ARRA money to hit the localk level so contract bidding can Other critics have complained that construction and governmentt contractors already working in the publi c sector are getting most ofthe
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