Following President Obama’s signing of an economic recovery plan, business and labor groups across the nation, as well as a bipartisan majority of America’s governors and a wide majority of the American people are voicing strong support for the plan.  The Washington Post reported today that its latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows nearly 2 in 3 Americans (64%) support the economic recovery plan.  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a news release today applauding Congressman Gary Peters for his support of the recovery plan (Please see news release below from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Also below is a list of hundreds of organizations across the country supporting the economic recovery plan.)

“The economic recovery plan means over 100,000 more jobs for our state, tax cuts for four million residents and thousands of small businesses and provisions to invest in new auto technology and spur new car sales,” said Congressman Peters.  “That’s why the plan is endorsed by business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Automobile Dealers Association, labor groups like the AFL-CIO and UAW, and a wide majority of the American people. 

“The Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO don’t always agree, but they agree we need the job-creating investments and tax cuts this plan provides.  This plan is so broadly supported because it is clear to people and organizations across the political spectrum that action was needed to help revive our ailing economy.”

Major organizations supportive of the economic recovery plan (full list further below):

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• National Association of Manufacturers
• AFL-CIO
• UAW International Union
• AARP
• National Governors Association
• The Information Technology Industry Council
• Small Schools Districts Association of America
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• General Motors
• National Automobile Dealers Association

U.S. Chamber Applauds Congressman Peters for Supporting Legislation that Creates Jobs
Michigan Set to Gain 109,000 Jobs Over the Next Two Years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 23, 2009   Contact: J.P. Fielder 202 463 5682

WASHINGTON, DC— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauded Congressman Gary Peters (D-MI) for backing the recently-passed economic recovery plan, a major first step toward igniting consumption and investment, creating jobs and jumpstarting Michigan’s economy.

“Since the elections, we’ve worked with the President and Congressman Peters to quickly pass a bill that would apply a defibrillator to the economy and shock it back to life,” said Bruce Josten, the U.S. Chamber’s executive vice president of Government Affairs. 

“While not everyone in Washington or Michigan agrees on every item in this package, the whole is more important than the individual parts,” Josten said.  “Our economy is in uncharted and dangerous waters and inaction from Washington is not an option.” 

According to the Obama administration, Michigan’s 9th Congressional District is set to gain 7,300 jobs over the next two years, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“Now that this bill is a law, the real work must begin,” Josten said.  “To quickly put Americans back to work and stimulate long term growth, the spending from this bill must be allocated quickly but responsibility” 
 

The U.S. Chamber is the world’s largest business federation representing more than
3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.

www.uschamber.com        # # #            www.chamberpost.com

FROM THE AARP TO THE YWCA:

ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORT KEY
ELEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

• AARP
• AFL-CIO
• African American Ministers In Action (AAMIA)
• Afterschool Alliance
• AIDS Institute
• Alaska Geographic
• Alliance for Children and Families
• Alliance for Excellent Education
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• Alliance to Save Energy
• America’s Agenda Health Care for All
• America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)
• American Association of Classified School Employees
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• American Association of Physician Assistants
• American Association of School Administrators
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• American Association of State Highway and
• Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• American Council on Education
• American Educational Research Association
• American Farm Bureau
• American Federation of School Administrators
• American Federation of School Administrators, AFL-CIO
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
• Employees (AFSCME)
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• American Forest Foundation
• American Forest Resource Council
• American Friends Service Committee
• American Gas Association
• American Geological Institute (AGI)
• American Jewish Committee
• American Library Association
• American Lung Association
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Network of Community Options andResources
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Public Transportation Association
• American Recreation Coalition American Rivers
• American School Counselor Association
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Student Association of Community Colleges
• American Wind Energy Association
• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
• America's Second Harvest
• Amerigroup Corporation
• Association for Career and Technical Education
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• Association of American Publishers
• Association of American Universities
• Association of Community College Trustees
• Association of Consulting Foresters
• Association of Educational Publishers
• Association of Educational Service Agencies
• Association of General Contractors
• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
• Association of Partners for Public Lands
• Association of Public Television Stations
• Association of School Business Officials
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• Barstow to Kelso Heritage Railroad Committee
• Big Thicket Association
• Black Hills Forest Resource Association
• Board of County Commissioners-Clermont County, Ohio
• Bread for the World
• Building America’s Future
• Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
• C&O Canal Trust
• California Department of Education
• California Healthcare Institute
• California Institute of Technology
• California State University Office of Federal Relations
• Campaign for America's Future
• Campaign for Youth
• Campaign for Youth Justice
• Catholic Charities USA
• Catholic Health Association (CHA)
• Center for American Progress (CAP)
• Center for Community Change
• Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Center for People in Need
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Change To Win Labor Federation
• Charles Drew University for Medicine and Science
• Chicago Public Schools
• Child Welfare League of America
• Children’s Health Fund
• Children's Defense Fund
• CHS Foundation
• Church Women United
• Cienega Watershed Partnership
• Cities for Progress/Cities for Peace
• Citizen Schools
• Citizens for Tax Justice
• Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin
• City Parks Alliance
• Coalition for Health Services Research
• Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations
• Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
• Coalition on Human Needs
• Colorado Timber Industry Association
• Columbus Public Schools
• Committee for Education Funding
• Community Action Partnership
• Confidentiality Coalition
• Congressional Hunger Center
• Conservation Law Foundation
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
• Consortium for School Networking
• Consortium of Social Science Associations
• Consumers Union
• Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Council for American Private Education
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Council for Opportunity in Education
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Council of the Great City Schools
• Council of Western State Foresters
• Craig Associates
• Crater Lake National Park Trust
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association
• Death Valley 49ers
• Death Valley Natural History Association
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Dow Chemical Company
• Earthjustice
• Easter Seals, Inc.
• Economic Policy Institute
• Edison Electric Institute
• Education Priorities
• Educational Testing Service
• Energy Action Coalition
• Energy Future Coalition
• Environment America
• Environment Northeast
• Essex National Heritage Commission
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Every Child Matters Foundation
• Fairfax County Public Schools
• Families USA
• Fed Ed
• Federal Management Strategies
• Federation of American Hospitals
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental
• Biology (FASEB)
• Feeding America
• Feminist Majority
• Fight Crime Invest in Kids
• First Focus
• Food Research & Action Center
• Free Press
• Fresh Energy
• Friends Committee on National Legislation
• Friends of Acadia
• Friends of Big Bend National Park
• Friends of Chickamauga & Chattanooga National
• Military Park
• Friends of Fairsted
• Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park
• Friends of National Center for Health Statistics
• Friends of Pathways
• Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial
• Friends of Saguaro National Park
• Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway
• Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail
• Friends of the Smoky Mountain National Park
• Friends of Valley Forge Park
• Friends of Virgin Islands National Park
• Friends of Whiskeytown
• Garden Club of America
• Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
• General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church
• General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
• General Motors
• Generations United
• Georgetown University
• Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
• Governor's Island Alliance
• Grand Canyon Association
• Great Smoky Mountains Association
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition
• Hardwood Federation
• Harvard University
• Health Care for America Now
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems
• Society (HIMSS)
• Healthcare Leadership Council
• Higher Education Consortium for Special Education
• Honeywell International Inc.
• Housing Assistance Council
• Human Services Coalition of Oregon
• Idaho Conservation League
• Illinois Environmental Council
• Illinois Facilities Fund
• Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)
• Information Technology Industry Council
• Institute for Children and Poverty
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• Intermountain Forest Association
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• International Association of Machinists
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• International Mountain Bicycling Association
• International Society for Technology in Education
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace &
• Agricultural Implement Workers of America – UAW
• Izaak Walton League of America
• Jewish Council for Public Affairs
• Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research and
• Reform in Education
• Knowledge Alliance
• Laborers’ International Union of North America
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• League of American Bicyclists
• League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
• League of Young Voters
• Legal Momentum
• Lutheran Services in America
• Magnet Schools of America, Inc.
• Materials Research Society
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Mesa Verde Museum Association
• Michigan Energy Alternatives Project
• Michigan Environmental Council
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Military Impacted Schools Association
• Mississippi River Fund
• National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good
• Shepherd
• National Alliance of Black School Educators
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Association for College Admission Counseling
• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Association for Interpretation
• National Association for State Community Services
• Programs
• National Association for the Education of Young
• Children (NAEYC)
• National Association of Classified School Employees
• National Association of College Stores (NACS)
• National Association of Conservation Districts
• National Association of Counties
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Federally Impacted Schools
• National Association of Forest Service Retirees
• National Association of Gateway Communities
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
• National Association of Independent Colleges and
• Universities
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
• National Association of Private Special Education
• Centers
• National Association of Realtors
• National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Association of State Boards of Education
• National Association of State Directors of Career
• Technical Education Consortium
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education
• National Association of State Foresters
• National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs
• National Association of State Title I Directors
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
• National Audubon Society
• National Black Chamber of Commerce
• National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
• National Coalition for Literacy
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare
• National Community Action Foundation
• National Community Education Association
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Consumer Law Center
• National Council for Community and Education Partnerships
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (National Council)
• National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council of La Raza
• National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
• National Council on Aging (NCOA)
• National Disability Rights Network
• National Education Association
• National Electrical Contractors Association
• National Employment Law Project
• National Farmers Union
• National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition
• National Fraternal Order of Police
• National Governors Association (NGA)
• National Grange
• National Head Start Association
• National HEP-CAMP Association
• National Housing Trust
• National Human Services Assembly
• National Immigration Law Center
• National League of Cities
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
• National Middle School Association
• National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA
• National Neighborhood Coalition
• National Parent Teacher Association
• National Park Hospitality Association
• National Parks Conservation Association
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Patient Advocate Foundation
• National Priorities Project
• National Rural Education Advocacy Coalition
• National Rural Education Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
• National School Boards Association
• National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
• National Venture Capital Association
• National WIC Association
• National Wild Turkey Federation
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Women's Law Center
• National Woodland Owners Association
• National Workforce Association (NWA)
• National Youth Employment Coalition
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• NatureBridge
• NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
• New York City Department of Education
• New York State Education Department
• Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters
• Northern Suburban Special Education District
• Ohio Environmental Council
• OMB Watch
• Oracle Corp.
• Oregon Food Bank
• Organizations Concerned About Rural Education
• Outdoor Industry Association
• Outside Las Vegas Foundation
• Parents' Action for Children
• Partnership for Public Service
• People for the American Way
• Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Point Reyes National Seashore Association
• Positive Energy, Inc.
• Poverty and Race Research Action Council
• Premier
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Washington Office
• Public Education Network
• Reading Recovery Council of North America
• Rebuild America’s Schools
• Regional Plan Association
• Research Institute for Independent Living
• RESULTS
• Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
• Rock the Vote
• Rocky Mountain Nature Association
• Ruffed Grouse Society
• Rural Schools and Community Trust
• Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
• Salvation Army, National Social Services Office
• Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
• Santa Monica Mountains Fund
• Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
• Save the Redwoods League
• School Social Work Association of America
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Seekers Church
• Sequoia Natural History Association
• Sequoia Parks Foundation
• Service Employee International Union (SEIU)
• Sierra Club
• Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc
• Small Schools Districts Association of America
• Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
• Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
• South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
• Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
• Southern Group of State Foresters
• Stanford University
• State PIRG Higher Education Project
• State Public Policy Offices (SPPOs) of the Evangelical
• Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
• Student Conservation Association
• Tapping America’s Potential (TAP)
• TechNet
• Texas Conservation Alliance
• The Arc and UCP Disability Policy Collaboration
• The College Board
• The Corps Network
• The McGraw-Hill Companies
• The National Association of County and City Health
• Officials (NACCHO)
• The Pacific Forest Trust
• The Technology Association of America
• The Wilderness Society
• The Workforce Alliance
• The Yosemite Fund
• Trust for America's Health (TFAH)
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• U.S.Travel Association
• Union for Reform Judaism
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
• United Church of Christ - Justice and Witness Ministries
• United Jewish Communities
• United States Student Association
• United Steelworkers (USW)
• United Way of America
• University of California
• University of Southern California
• University of Wisconsin System
• US PIRG
• USA Works
• USAction
• Voices for America's Children
• Volunteers of America
• Voyageurs National Park Association
• Washington Partners, L.L.C
• Washington State - Office of the Superintendent
• Washington State Association of Head Start and Early
• Childhood Education and Assistance Program
• Washington's National Park Fund
• Western Resource Advocates
• Western States Tourism Policy Council
• Wider Opportunities for Women
• Wisconsin Rural Water Association (WRWA)
• Work, Welfare, and Families
• World Wildlife Fund
• YMCA of the USA
• Yosemite Association Board of Trustees
• Young Democrats of America
• YWCA USA