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On the recordJuly 31, 2008
If we want to create jobs, we should do more to make work pay for ordinary Americans, not boost the profits of oil companies.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement by Senator Obama Announcing Emergency Economic Plan

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