Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass in the American Jobs Act would create at least a million jobs.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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