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August 11, 2010

Emergency Legislation to Save Teacher Jobs SIgned into Law on the Same Day That House Passes It

Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act
H.R. 1586, 8/10/2010

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, H.R. 1586, just hours after the House of Representatives approved it by a vote of 247 to 161.

H.R. 1586 specifically appropriates funds for education jobs; extends and modifies certain increased Federal medical assistance for States; accelerates the sunset of certain temporary increases in food assistance benefits; limits the use of foreign tax credits by U.S. corporations with foreign operations; and rescinds appropriated funds for several Federal programs.

The legislation will save or create 319,000 American jobs in local communities, including 161,000 teacher jobs, and also…

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Ontario Police Department

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B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United Airlines, Inc.

City of Chicago

Equal Employment Opportunity

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company

National Labor Relations Board

Scolari's Warehouse Markets, Inc. d.b.a. Scolari's Food and Drug

Rent-A-Center West, Inc.

EGL, Inc.

Eagle Freight Systems, Inc.

Industrial Division of the Communications Workers of America

Visteon Corp.

ConocoPhillips

Google, Inc.

U.S. Airways, Inc.

AT&T Corp.

Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C.

FBL Financial Group, Inc.

Granite Rock Company

International Game Tchnology

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Manhattan Apartments Inc.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Freight Construction, General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local 287 (AFL-CIO)

J. Kaz, Inc.d.b.a. Craftmatic of Pittsburgh

State Lottery Commission of Indiana d.b.a. The Hoosier Lottery

Association of Professional Flight Attendants

Kellogg Brown & Root technical Services, Inc.

AMR Corp.

Service Employees International, Inc.