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On the recordMarch 19, 2009
Whereas if they were a bank, they could negotiate in keeping with the state of the market.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton points out that banks have more negotiating power than individual borrowers.

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