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On the recordOctober 2, 2008
Henry Paulson set this up, I mean really, I mean coming over on a Thursday night and saying the world is going to collapse and saying and going out to the public and saying if Congress doesn't pass this in three days, the world economy crashes. Congress is really easy to stampede when they're up for election.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio critiques Paulson's approach to pushing the bailout through Congress.

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