Bracken Hendricks

Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

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Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and co-author of Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Fire; Special Assistant on climate change policy to then-Vice President Al Gore

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President-elect Barack Obama wants a federal spending program comparable to the Interstate highway system, created during the 1950's.

Will Federal Money Mean Economic Recovery?

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Barack Obama wants to "hit the ground running" with massive spending to "jolt" the sagging economy and create or save 2.5 million jobs, with a federal spending program comparable to…

Will Federal Money Mean Economic Recovery?

Barack Obama wants to "hit the ground running" with massive spending to "jolt" the sagging economy and create or save 2.5 million jobs, with a federal spending program comparable to…

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