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Alan Grayson: “It is unreasonable to hold survivors immediately accountable for rectifying difficult financial situations.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
It is unreasonable to hold survivors immediately accountable for rectifying difficult financial situations.
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Alan Grayson
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Grayson's bill seeks to protect surviving spouses from immediate financial burdens after loss.

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