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Mary Landrieu: “It is an important one because the Senator did not vote for TARP. Yet she is here as a cosponsor of this amendment. So…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2010
It is an important one because the Senator did not vote for TARP. Yet she is here as a cosponsor of this amendment. So it gives us some idea that Members who did not vote for the Troubled Asset Relief Program understand this is completely different. It is for healthy banks, not failing banks. It is for small banks, not large banks. It is for Main Street, not Wall Street.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 2010

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The speaker addresses the differences between the current amendment and the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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