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Joe Biden: “The Federal Government does not award grants to individuals to pay personal expenses or bills.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
The Federal Government does not award grants to individuals to pay personal expenses or bills.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden clarifies that government grants are not for personal expenses.

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