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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I wonder if you can talk a little bit--if you feel expert enough to talk about how this impacts--this uncertainty, the prospect of a shutdown, the prospect of a default, the continuing weight of the sequester--impacts the middle class.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin questions the impact of government uncertainty on the middle class.

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