| | [[File:Summer of Recovery.JPG|175px|right|thumb|''Source:United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics'']] | | [[File:Summer of Recovery.JPG|175px|right|thumb|''Source:United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics'']] |
| − | The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "Stimulus package") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was placed in charge of the effort. During Recovery Summer 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<ref>http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> | + | The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "Stimulus package") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was placed in charge of the effort. During Recovery Summer 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics<ref>http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> [[unemployment]] rose<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=line&s[1][id]=UNRATE&s[1][range]=1yr</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed. |