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Tom Harkin: “The plan worked, and worked brilliantly. It created large budget surpluses, 22 million new jobs, and 116 consecutive…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
The plan worked, and worked brilliantly. It created large budget surpluses, 22 million new jobs, and 116 consecutive months of economic expansion.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin references President Clinton's successful budget strategy as a model.

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