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Jack Reed: “If passed without modification, there could be as much as a 2-percent decrease in the growth next year going forward and…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
If passed without modification, there could be as much as a 2-percent decrease in the growth next year going forward and as many as 700,000 jobs lost
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed cites potential negative impacts of the proposed House Republican budget.

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