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On the recordOctober 21, 2009
Since the stimulus passed--which I did not vote for--unemployment has skyrocketed from 6% to nearly 10%.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights rising unemployment since the stimulus was enacted.

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