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Gwen Moore: “Faced with insurmountable odds and cumulative 3-month job losses of 2.1 million in early February, Congress passed the…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
Faced with insurmountable odds and cumulative 3-month job losses of 2.1 million in early February, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Gwen Moore discusses the context leading to the passage of the Recovery Act.

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