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On the recordApril 4, 2011
I don't think it's any surprise that the tables have turned politically here on Capitol Hill since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin comments on the political shift regarding the Dodd-Frank Act post its passage.

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