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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
It weakens an economic recovery that has already been weak and is not delivering for the people you are asking about.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Baldwin highlights the negative effects of a government shutdown on economic recovery.

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