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Paul Tonko: Without the Recovery Act, millions more Americans would be facing unemployment and we would indeed be months further…

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Without the Recovery Act, millions more Americans would be facing unemployment and we would indeed be months further behind in the admittedly sluggish economic recovery.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Tonko argues that the Recovery Act prevented greater unemployment during the economic downturn.

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