claim: "we've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the cbo -- the congressional budget office -- through the recovery act."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: dec 8, 2009 ... we deconstruct "shovel ready," "up to" and other misleading phrases. ... he  highlighted a congressional budget office estimate that "up to" 1.6 million jobs  resulted ... created and saved according to the congressional budget office. ... [ infrastructure] projects have been funded through the recovery act.
evidence_2: tax relief, unemployment insurance reauthorization, and job creation act of  2010. "stimulus bill" redirects here. for other uses, see stimulus bill ( disambiguation). the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (arra)  (pub.l. 111–5), nicknamed the ... studies on its effects have produced a range of  conclusions, from strongly ...
evidence_3: aug 16, 2011 ... since the stimulus took effect, nine studies of note have been ... we took in the  recovery act saved millions of people their jobs or created a whole ... one more  technical thing to clear up before we delve into the studies. .... who did it:  benjamin page and felix reichling of the congressional budget office.
evidence_4: oct 15, 2015 ... all told, the policy responses — the 2009 recovery act, financial ... the  congressional budget office used to evaluate the recovery act ... policymakers  clearly made mistakes leading up to the financial ... without it, we might have  experienced something approaching ...... source: moody's analytics, cbo ...
evidence_5: oct 5, 2011 ... president obama has promised to focus on jobs. ... cost $825 billion [pdf],  according to the congressional budget office's latest calculations.