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On the recordJuly 28, 2015
In 2008, did we have a law that said that the Federal Government would bail out the biggest financial institutions if they threatened to bring down the entire economy?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the existence of laws preventing government bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis.

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