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John Barrasso: “I don't see why Congress should give up that authority now--not with a national unemployment rate of 8.3 percent.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
I don't see why Congress should give up that authority now--not with a national unemployment rate of 8.3 percent.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso questions ceding authority during high unemployment.

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