The WH is URGED to SHEPHERD Senate Bill 1517 - This Act may be cited as the `21st Century WPA Act'.
Sponsored by Senator Sen Frank R. Lautenberg [NJ] (introduced 9/7/2011).
A BILL To provide for the creation of jobs.
The Works Progress Administration (renamed during 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects,[1] including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency, which especially benefited rural and Western areas.
BRING IT ON!