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Ben Cardin: “The stimulus was touted as the way to fix our Nation's infrastructure, but in the end it was one of the biggest bait and…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
The stimulus was touted as the way to fix our Nation's infrastructure, but in the end it was one of the biggest bait and switch schemes of all time.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin criticizes the effectiveness of the 2009 stimulus for infrastructure.

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