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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
You think, well, we can...just ask the Congress to spend money, and then when they get to a certain point, we can tell Congress to stop.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions critiques the disconnect between economic policy and political realities.

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