House Approves Next Stimulus by
Note: This is just the House. The Senate votes early next year.
More infrastructure spending
Extends COBRA subsidy to 15 months
Extends unemployment benefits for six months (that expire at the end of the year).
Aid to states:
Proposed hiring tax credit
Cash-for-caulkers.
From Reuters: U.S. House approves $155 billion jobs bill
This includes:
The bill would provide $48.3 billion for infrastructure projects that promise to get workers back on job sites by April. Highway construction projects would get $27.5 billion, while subway, bus and other transit systems would get $8.4 billion.
States would get $23 billion to pay 250,000 teacher salaries and repair school buildings, and $1.2 billion to pay for 5,500 police officers … $23.5 billion to help pay their share of federal healthcare programs for the poor.
The bill doesn't include: