photo: White House / David Bohrer
President Bush Signs H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian
President Bush Meets with Small and Mid-Size Business Owners to Discuss Economic Stimulus Package
photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush delivers a statement Friday, April 25, 2008, on the South Grounds of the White House regarding the economic stimulus rebate checks.
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta, File
n this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, the American flag flies at the U.S. Capitol as an Obama prior to the Feb. 13 passage in Congress of the economic stimulus package. Obama administration rules say registered lobbyists seeking stimulus projects can only submit written statements to federal officials about them, and that government agencies must post the statements on the Internet within three days. Lobbyists may not talk with federal officials about stimulus projects or even meet with officials abou
photo: PIB of India
The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia briefing the press on Economic Stimulus Package, in New Delhi on January 02, 2009.
photo: AP / David Zalubowski
President Barack Obama picks up the first pen to sign the economic stimulus bill during, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, during a ceremony in the Museum of Nature and Science in De
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, speaks during a Senate and House conference on the economic stimulus bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, in Washington.
photo: AP / Darin McGregor, Pool
President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, as Vice President Joe Biden looks on at left, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 17,
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, talks about the Senate's work on the economic stimulus bill, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
President Barack Obama bumps fists with an audience member as he arrives for a town hall style meeting to discuss his economic stimulus package, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, at Concord Community High School in Elkhart, Ind.
photo: PIB of India
The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia briefing the press on Economic Stimulus Package, in New Delhi on January 02, 2009. The Principal Director General, PIB, Dr. Umakant Mishra is also seen.
photo: AP / Mark Graham
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks as Treasurer Wayne Swan looks on during a press conference to announce the second economic stimulus package at the Parliament House in Canberra Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, lawmakers announce agreement on the $789 billion economic stimulus measure at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are seen in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, before they addressed the National Governors Association regarding the economic stimulus package.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is seen in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, before the arrival of President Barack Obama to a meeting of the National Governors Association regarding the economic stimulus package.
photo: AP / Dennis Cook
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, after the House approved and economic stimulus package.
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., talks about the Senate's work to pass the economic stimulus bill as Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left to right, listen, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, in Washingto
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan
China's central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan is seen while two photographers, in the foreground, take photos during a news conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Friday, March 6, 2009. China sees signs of an economic recovery taking shape and will watch how conditions develop to determine whether it needs to expand its huge stimulus, top economic officials said Friday.
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy, right, delivers a speech as he visits the Faurecia plant, a French maker of spare parts for cars, in Caligny, northwestern France, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The minister responsible for the economic stimulus plan Patrick Devedjian is seen at left.
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, center, speaks while Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, left, and Treasurer Wayne Swan, right, look on during a press conference to announce the second economic stimulus package at Parliament House, in Canberra Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009. The leaders unveiled a new stimulus package Tuesday to try to shield the economy from the global downturn, promising 42 billion Australian dollars ($26 billion) in spending that will send the budget into the red for the
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 1, 2009 OR THEREAFTER - FILE ** In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by then-Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, and then-Council of Economic Advisers Chair-designate Christina Romer, meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, delivers his second economic stimulus package to the House of Representatives at the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Behind Rudd seated are Treasurer Wayne Swan, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gil
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Employees work inside a power transformers building factory on the outskirts of Srinagar April 15, 2010. India's industrial output grew slower-than-expected in February, and output is expected to ease further following moves to withdraw an economic stimulus, including a interest rate hike in March.
