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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
Is getting thrown out of your home through an illegal process direct financial injury in terms of the way you have been instructed to approach this issue?
Said by
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the definition of financial injury related to illegal eviction.

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