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On the recordMarch 5, 2014
In 2009 the Administration economists predicted that, under the Administration's trillion-dollar stimulus plan, the unemployment rate would never rise above 8 percent, but we all know that is what happened.
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Dave Reichert
Republican · Washington

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Reichert criticizes the Administration's economic predictions and the reality of unemployment rates.

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