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President Signs Stimulus Bill

President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The plan includes significant infrastructure investment, For more information, visit , which is updated regularly with stimulus news and 澳门六合彩开奖预测's efforts related to the bill. Thanks to a strong grassroots effort nationwide, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 of America, 澳门六合彩开奖预测's nationwide network of Chapters and members can be proud that combined efforts resulted a bill that will bring work and jobs back to the construction industry. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 committed thousands of hours over the last several months to advocating for investment in infrastructure and public buildings. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 submitted written and oral testimony to six Congressional hearings and delivered four letters to Capitol Hill on behalf of member companies advocating for investment in infrastructure and public buildings. In addition, activity on 澳门六合彩开奖预测's legislative action center was unprecedented, ultimately sending 12,000 letters to Senators and Representatives in support of the stimulus plan while countless phone calls were made to Congressional offices. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 and its coalition partners stirred grassroots efforts with five new advertisements and significant media coverage, and 澳门六合彩开奖预测's petition for investment now includes more than 3,000 supporters. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Presents Podcast on Details of Recovery Plan, Requests Member Help 澳门六合彩开奖预测 created a 30-minute podcast February 2 to update members on the status of the stimulus plan then circulating on Capitol Hill and urged members to contact their Senators in support for infrastructure investment as part of the stimulus plan. Visit www.agc.org/stimulus. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 of America: Working for You In January alone, members of 澳门六合彩开奖预测 benefited from three free webinars and thousands of man and woman hours working in support of infrastructure investment in the pending stimulus plan. Two webinars, For CEOs Only: Where Do I Turn for Answers in Tough Times? and Have We Hit Bottom?, were designed to help members cope with the economic downturn. Last week's webinar, Understanding the New FAR Requirements for Mandatory Disclosure and Stronger Compliance Programs, provided detailed analysis of the federal government's new Mandatory Disclosure Rule for federal contractors. For more information, contact Jeff Shoaf at (202) 547-3350 or shoafj@agc.org.