White House: Second Stimulus On The Table
By: RNS
Updated: October 18, 2009
(Washington, DC) -- Nothing is being ruled out in the effort to get the nations economy back on track.
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told NBCs "Meet the Press" that includes a second economic stimulus package, but cautioned its premature to speculate if it would go forward.
Jarrett noted most of the current stimulus funding has not yet been spent.
She said that despite unemployment at 9.8-percent, "we are beginning to see signs of hope." She said the numbers of jobs being lost has been falling over the past nine months.
