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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
the notion that we should use our voting power on the International Monetary Fund to keep them from participating in a tripartite effort to deal with the European crisis is economic self-destruction.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank warns against blocking IMF participation in addressing the European crisis.

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