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Mitch McConnell: I think the stimulus was a -- was a big mistake. I think we can, you know, fairly safely declare it now a failure.

On the recordOctober 21, 2010
I think the stimulus was a -- was a big mistake. I think we can, you know, fairly safely declare it now a failure.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell expresses his belief that the stimulus was a mistake and a failure.

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