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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
I do not think Congress, the House or the Senate, are going to be very interested in bailouts to States.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad expresses skepticism about Congress's willingness to provide state bailouts.

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