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Mike Capuano: “All the hand-wringing and bed-wetting is going on without remembering how the House stepped up on this. What did we get…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
All the hand-wringing and bed-wetting is going on without remembering how the House stepped up on this. What did we get from the White House? We got a one-finger salute.
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Capuano criticized the White House's opposition to limits on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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