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Jim Himes: “A lot of us subscribe to a point of view held by much of the economic profession, which is that this place, the…”

On the recordJune 21, 2016
A lot of us subscribe to a point of view held by much of the economic profession, which is that this place, the Congress, abdicated its economic role in 2010 in favor of austerity
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes criticizes Congress for prioritizing austerity over economic investment since 2010.

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