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On the recordOctober 21, 2009
The Obama Administration has been saying this is because they inherited a financial mess and used that excuse to pass a $787 billion stimulus bill.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess critiques the Obama Administration's justification for the stimulus bill.

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