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Kevin Brady: “For example, last January top Administration economists projected that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8.0…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
For example, last January top Administration economists projected that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8.0 percent if the stimulus were enacted, but this rate is currently 9.5 percent and will probably be above 10 percent by the end of the year.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Kevin Brady points out the discrepancy between projected and actual unemployment rates.

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