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Hillary Clinton: I debated then Senator Obama numerous times on stages like this. And he was the recipient of the largest number of Wall…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
I debated then Senator Obama numerous times on stages like this. And he was the recipient of the largest number of Wall Street donations of anybody running on the Democratic side ever. Now when it mattered, he stood up and took on Wall Street. He pushed through and he passed the Dodd-Frank regulation, the toughest regular regulations since the 1930s.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton defends her and Obama's record on Wall Street regulations.

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