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Elijah Cummings: “Why would you want to impose restraint on an economic recovery that is already fragile? You are removing spending power…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2011
Why would you want to impose restraint on an economic recovery that is already fragile? You are removing spending power from the economy at a time when it needs it.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings questions the logic of imposing economic restraint during a fragile recovery.

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