Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama plans to send the text of his $447 billion job-growth package to Congress tonight and urge quick action on the legislation, according to an administration official.
Obama will press lawmakers to pass the bill with an event in the White House Rose Garden, where he’ll be joined by a group of teachers, police officers, construction workers and small business owners, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the schedule hasn’t been officially released. He’ll send the legislation to the Capitol later when Congress returns to work.
The package, which the president outlined in a Sept. 8 address to a joint session of Congress, is heavily geared toward tax cuts, which account for more than half the dollar value of the plan. The rest would provide money for improving infrastructure, modernizing schools and aid for states to keep teachers and emergency workers on the job.
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