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Dick Durbin: “I heard Senator Durbin mention--I was going to say more than $80 billion--you actually said $85 billion.”

On the recordJune 1, 2009
I heard Senator Durbin mention--I was going to say more than $80 billion--you actually said $85 billion.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Acknowledgment of the budget figure for small business financing.

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