2009 Federal Economic Stimulus Package and Proposed Federal Infrastructure Spending in Illinois

January 16, 2009

This issue brief and position statement reviews President-Elect Obama and Congressional leaders' proposed federal stimulus package. The Civic Federation supports a federal infrastructure plan that aims to create jobs as a countercyclical economic measure to combat recessionary trends. We are concerned, however, that the State of Illinois is ill-equipped to participate in the process of securing the federal infrastructure funds.