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Barney Frank: Every single activity now characterized as a bailout that is going on in the United States was initiated by the Bush…

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
Every single activity now characterized as a bailout that is going on in the United States was initiated by the Bush Administration.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank emphasizes that bailouts began under Bush, not Obama.

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