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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
If you look, instead, at Congress having a Wall Street Party and a Main Street Party, it is only the former that supports these trade deals.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins contrasts the interests of Wall Street and Main Street regarding trade agreements.

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