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On the recordMay 18, 2016
With this significant jump in tax-exempt yields, how is this going to impact the ability of State and local governments to finance infrastructure and economic development projects?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the effects of rising yields on local government financing.

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