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Ari Fleischer: “It was blocked, actually, by Barney Frank and former senator, Chris Dodd. So that's why it didn't get done.”

On the recordNovember 15, 2011
It was blocked, actually, by Barney Frank and former senator, Chris Dodd. So that's why it didn't get done.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Fleischer attributes the failure of reforms to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.

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