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Published 2/11/2009 by laurkorn at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden reminded reporters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday that he and President Barack Obama have been in office for less than three weeks, and said passing the stimulus package would help "kick-start the confidence" that the new administration can handle the economic crisis. “I doubt whether anything this massive, this consequential, [...] (link)

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