Legislation

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Democrats enacted ARRA (H.R. 1) in the first month of President Obama’s term to jumpstart our economy, create and save 3.5 million jobs, give 95% of American workers a tax cut, and begin to rebuild America’s road, rail and water infrastructure, with unprecedented accountability measures – no earmarks, new state whistleblower protections, and an historic degree of transparency at www.recovery.gov. (Signed into law)

Featured Member

John Lewis

Representing the 5th District of GA

In 1940, John Lewis was born the son of sharecroppers in rural Alabama. As a youth, he experienced the harsh realities of segregation and racism – forced to sit apart from white children and unable to share the same privileges they did. Today, Lewis is a leader in Congress and recently witnessed the swearing-in of Barack Obama, the first American-American president of the United States. The story of John Lewis is that of the struggle to transform the world of his youth to create the vastly expanded opportunities available today.

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House Democrats

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