ProgressNow Colorado Hosts Public "Thank You" For Economic Recovery Legislation
| By Alan Franklin - Feb 16th, 2009 at 7:23 pm EST |
ProgressNow Colorado Hosts Public "Thank You" For Economic Recovery Legislation
Colorado's largest progressive organization thanks Obama, Bennet, Udall, congressional delegation for historic effort
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 16, 2009
CONTACT: Michael Huttner, Executive Director at 303-931-4547
DENVER--Following tomorrow's visit to Denver by President Barack Obama to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law, ProgressNow Colorado will host a gathering of progressives in downtown Denver to thank the President and Colorado's congressional delegation for their work on the historic bill. According to White House estimates, the plan will create over 60,000 new jobs in Colorado (Denver Business Journal, 2/4/09).
"Passage of the economic recovery bill was critical to the future of every American and Coloradan," said Michael Huttner, executive director of Colorado's largest progressive organization. "This was a test not just of our new President, or the new congressional majority's ability to lead effectively, but a bipartisan test of the nation's capacity as a whole to deal with the challenges of the 21st century."
Huttner noted the hard compromises necessary to win passage of the economic recovery bill, particularly in the Senate.
"We are disappointed at some of the cuts that were ultimately made to the bill, especially to funds that would help stabilize Colorado's budget shortfalls," Huttner said, "But the bill would not have passed except for those tough compromises, which attracted just enough Republican support. Colorado's Senators, Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, are to be commended for their patient work reaching out across the aisle. Without their efforts, we might not have had a bill for the President to sign tomorrow."
Officials and the public are invited to join ProgressNow Colorado staff to note and discuss the economic recovery bill at Hamburger Mary's, 700 E. 17th Ave. in Denver at 4PM tomorrow, Tuesday February 17th..
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Colorado's largest progressive organization thanks Obama, Bennet, Udall, congressional delegation for historic effort
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 16, 2009
CONTACT: Michael Huttner, Executive Director at 303-931-4547
DENVER--Following tomorrow's visit to Denver by President Barack Obama to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law, ProgressNow Colorado will host a gathering of progressives in downtown Denver to thank the President and Colorado's congressional delegation for their work on the historic bill. According to White House estimates, the plan will create over 60,000 new jobs in Colorado (Denver Business Journal, 2/4/09).
"Passage of the economic recovery bill was critical to the future of every American and Coloradan," said Michael Huttner, executive director of Colorado's largest progressive organization. "This was a test not just of our new President, or the new congressional majority's ability to lead effectively, but a bipartisan test of the nation's capacity as a whole to deal with the challenges of the 21st century."
Huttner noted the hard compromises necessary to win passage of the economic recovery bill, particularly in the Senate.
"We are disappointed at some of the cuts that were ultimately made to the bill, especially to funds that would help stabilize Colorado's budget shortfalls," Huttner said, "But the bill would not have passed except for those tough compromises, which attracted just enough Republican support. Colorado's Senators, Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, are to be commended for their patient work reaching out across the aisle. Without their efforts, we might not have had a bill for the President to sign tomorrow."
Officials and the public are invited to join ProgressNow Colorado staff to note and discuss the economic recovery bill at Hamburger Mary's, 700 E. 17th Ave. in Denver at 4PM tomorrow, Tuesday February 17th..
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