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Bernie Sanders: “But you do have the authority. Some would disagree that--whether you should have that authority--to deal with…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
But you do have the authority. Some would disagree that--whether you should have that authority--to deal with unemployment.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the Fed's authority to help small businesses like it helped banks.

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