Passed on Feb 17, 2009 in direct response to the economic crisis and is worth $787 billion.
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
100
Our scheduled guest speaker for today and a Senior Policy Analyst of Economic Opportunity at the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
Who is Don Baylor?
100
1985
What is the year the CPPP was founded?
100
EIC
What is the abbreviation for the Earned Income Tax Credit?
100
A refundable tax credit of up to $400 for individuals and up to $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
What is the Making Work Pay Credit?
200
I signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment act into law on February 17, 2009.
Who is President Obama?
200
14,382
What is the number of highway miles in Texas?
200
Economic Opportunity, Public Benefits, Child Protection, Budget, Taxes, and Family Economic Security
What are the six areas of focus?
200
CPPP
What is the abbreviation for Center for Public Policy Priorities?
200
A nine-digit number issued by the IRS to individuals who must have an identifying number but who are not eligible for a Social Security Number or an Employer ID Number.
What is an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (or ITIN)?
300
Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and Education
What are the areas covered by the ARRA?
300
The ARRA kept 640,000 Texans from this
What is falling into poverty?
300
12 people
What is the size of CPPP staff?
300
ARRA
What is abbreviation for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
300
My minimum eligible earned income requirement is $3000.
What is the Child tax Credit (CTC)?
400
The ARRA's ____________ include: Creating new jobs as well as save existing ones, Spuring economic activity and invest in long-term economic growth, and Foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in government spending
What are immediate goals?
400
The amount of increase in income of 2.9 million impoverished Texans.
What is $700?
400
Research found what percent of Texas children are impoverished? (+/- 5%)
What is 23%?
400
CTC
What is the abbreviation for Child Tax Credit?
400
The largest portion (41%) of the 38 bill estimated ARRA impact for Texas is provided through this
What is tax credits/cuts?
500
595,263 of these were created by recovery funds as reported by recipients as of December 2009.
What are jobs?
500
In August, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded about $12.6 million to the Texas Railroad Commission to deploy 882 vehicles and construct 35 refueling stations for its 40 partners that include school districts, cities and state agencies that ran on this fuel, the fuel of choice for cartoon character Hank Hill.
What is Propane?
500
Nearly one in ______ Texans struggle to afford food, according to last month's study by the Food Research and Action Center.
What is 5?
500
CBPP
What is the abbreviation for Center on Budget and Policy Priorities?
500
An expanded version of the Hope Credit
What is the American Opportunity Credit?
up to 2,500 per student for 4 years of post secondary education