Recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure.

Recognizes the necessity and urgency of job creation.

Supports: (1) targeting federal programs to communities most in need; (2) extending the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and the Extended Benefits unemployment benefits programs; (3) giving those who have exhausted their unemployment benefits an additional 14 weeks of benefits; (4) expanding on-the-job training for unemployed workers; (5) investing in education at all levels; and (6) investing in improving and modernizing the nation's infrastructure, including the rebuilding of bridges, roads, schools, and other crumbling infrastructure.

Encourages: (1) the restoration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund; (2) the development and implementation of various corps programs and services in the communities, including health care corps, public safety corps, community corps, and teacher corps; and (3) the expansion of Workforce Investment Act programs aimed at youth.