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Barack Obama: “This is something that Democrats and Republicans agreed to last year with little fanfare, and it was good for the…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
This is something that Democrats and Republicans agreed to last year with little fanfare, and it was good for the economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Senate Action To Block the Nomination of Richard A. Cordray To Be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection...

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