When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) he said, "With a recovery package of this size comes a responsibility to assure every taxpayer that we are being careful with the money they work so hard to earn." AEI scholars have examined the structure of the stimulus package and they continue to follow its progress and promises.

February marked the two-year anniversary of the ARRA, and it presented Congress the opportunity to review the legislation's effectiveness. Alex Brill, in his testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, argued that the effectivess depends largely on the stimulus spending occurring in a timely fashion. His testimony looked at whether or not this has happened. [Key Findings].