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The Recovery Act was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed by President Obama in February 2009 to save jobs and create new ones during the Great Recession. It included spending on infrastructure, education, health, and renewable energy, as well as tax cuts and relief programs.
The WPA was a New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public works projects during the Great Depression in the US. It was established in 1935 by presidential order and dissolved in 1943 due to low unemployment during World War II.
The New Deal was a series of programs, projects, reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the US between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the country from the Great Depression. It included relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy, and reform of the financial system, and produced a political realignment that dominated presidential elections until the 1960s.
FIRREA is the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, enacted after the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. It created the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and other regulations for thrifts and appraisals.
CalRecycle is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management, recycling, and waste reduction programs. It was established in 2010 to replace the California Integrated Waste Management Board and administers the California Redemption Value program among other responsibilities.
One agency isn't swaying lawmakers: Though FEMA's funding is waning, Tennessee lawmakers aren't racing to support the next continuing resolution that could cross their desk. They're weighing ...
The NRA was a New Deal agency created by FDR in 1933 to regulate industry, labor, and prices during the Great Depression. It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1935 and its labor provisions were incorporated into the Wagner Act.
A public works department is a government agency that builds and maintains public infrastructure projects, such as dams, bridges, roads, and schools. The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal agency in the U.S. that funded and administered thousands of public works projects during the Great Depression.