But, New Broad Street's deal fell through when, DeKalb County decided against using its federal stimulus and property taxes dollars to partially fund the project.

A $2.9 million federal stimulus project helped replace exit and highway signs in 2010 and 2011 along Route 128 from US-3 in Lexington to I-93 in Reading.

If Washington cannot get us moving toward full employment within a year," he said, "then there will be more federal stimulus.

But of all the funding the federal stimulus has given us, nothing is more important than the programs that support the Chicago Public Schools.

The $7.9 million expansion was funded by the federal stimulus.

The question of whether this local cap should be lifted is currently the subject of intense debate, fueled in part by the availability of federal stimulus money for states that facilitate new charters.

Either remedy would tend to offset any federal stimulus.

"The risk we run," Mr. Taft added, "is that we may entirely negate the effect of the federal stimulus."

Carlisle Area School District was required to match a PEDA-ARRA grant (federal stimulus) of $1 million with more than $3.8 million of additional funds.

Fiscal issues Johnson has opposed increased government spending and the federal stimulus.