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the recovery bill, the stimulus bill, helped the economy relative to not doing a stimulus, and the answer from CBO and 80 percent of economists is that it helped the economy.
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congress.govChris Van Hollen: “the recovery bill, the stimulus bill, helped the economy relative to not doing a stimulus, and the answer from CBO and…”
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Van Hollen argues the stimulus bill positively impacted the economy according to CBO and economists.
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