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Employment Report Shows Stimulus Impact

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EPI economist Heidi Shierholz says that the July employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, f anything, the jobs report shows that Congress was wrong to bend to conservative pressure to limit stimulus spending. Shierholz explains what the report shows about the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the next steps congress should take to build on that impact.