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On the recordJune 3, 2009
My support for the second half of the TARP was contingent upon a big chunk of it going to mortgage modification.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley emphasizes the importance of mortgage modification in TARP funding.

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