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Joe Biden: “If the Federal funding is simply displacing State funding that otherwise would occur, then it is not going to stimulate…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
If the Federal funding is simply displacing State funding that otherwise would occur, then it is not going to stimulate the economy.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden discusses the impact of federal funding on state budgets and economic stimulation.

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