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Obama to call for additional stimulus at Milwaukee Labor Day appearance
Published September 3, 2010 - BizTimes Daily
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At his Labor Day appearance in Milwaukee this afternoon, President Barack Obama will announce plans to invest another $50 billion in economic stimulus to rebuild the nation's roads, railways and runways and create jobs.
Obama will speak at the Milwaukee Laborfest at Henry Maier Festival Park, where he is expected to call for the funding of a permanent infrastructure bank that would invest in projects most critical to the economy.
The initial investments would go to modernizing the nation's highway system and while providing jobs. They also would include investments in the nation's bus and rail systems, including an overhaul of the Amtrak rail fleet.
The final component would be the modernization of the nation's air traffic control system.
Laborfest is presented annually by the Milwaukee Are Labor Council. According to the White House schedule, Obama will speak at 2:10 p.m.
