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Barack Obama: “I think that we have a better chance of getting it done this year than we've had in decades.”

On the recordMay 13, 2009
I think that we have a better chance of getting it done this year than we've had in decades.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Rio Rancho

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