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Jim McDermott: “So we are basically saying to the middle class that have been unemployed for how many weeks, you said? What is the…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2011
So we are basically saying to the middle class that have been unemployed for how many weeks, you said? What is the percentage?
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott questions the impact of prolonged unemployment on the middle class.

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