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Published 1/14/2009 by Neil Irwin and David Cho at Wash Post In Congress
Top officials of the Federal Reserve yesterday offered the most detailed proposals yet for overhauling the rescue of the financial system, urging Congress to release the next batch of bailout money and arguing that a stimulus program alone is not enough to keep the economy from plunging further into...
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