Because they promised to kick start the economy with "Shovel Ready" jobs.
And they defined it in this way:
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The Committee’s Rebuild America proposal establishes aggressive, “shovel-ready” deadlines for the use of the economic recovery funds. These deadlines include a 90-day, use-it-or-lose-it requirement for a percentage of the funds. This aggressive mandate will produce a “quick hit” that will jump-start the economy and create a substantial number of new construction jobs by June.
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http://transportation.house.gov/Medi...20projects.pdf
But yet, the jobless rate remains above 9%, and climbing.