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Barney Frank: “Well, it's still uncertain. And I think it is likely to pass than before.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2008
Well, it's still uncertain. And I think it is likely to pass than before.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank comments on the uncertainty of the bailout bill's passage in the House after it passed in the Senate.

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