That's not a Democratic idea or a Republican idea--it's a common-sense idea: Investments that create, maintain, or expand transportation networks create construction jobs even as they promote economic activity.
As Chicago prepares to replace its aging sewer and water systems, and routine construction continues on roads and public spaces, the city now wants to grant low or no cost access for private companies to expand networks right along side that construction.
These initiatives would help modernize communities, expand small businesses, and get more construction workers back on the job.
Bush said he would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration, support construction of new pipelines, expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles, " and commit billions to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.
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Top Staff Employment, an agency based in Scotland that recruits Latvians for the catering and construction industries, is planning to expand to neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia.
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Employment has continued to expand as job losses in manufacturing and residential construction have been more than offset by gains in other sectors, notably health care, leisure and hospitality, and professional and technical services, and unemployment remains low by historical standards.
George Bush wants to expand nuclear power, and has called for the construction of new nuclear plants in America, so the stakes are high.
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Also in the US, efforts to expand casino gambling in Maryland recently concluded with voters approving the construction of a billion-dollar casino at the National Harbor, a 350-acre waterfront development near Washington DC.
Within a year, he aims to open plants under construction in Singapore and Malaysia to make oilfield tools, and intends to expand the truck-body business into China.
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