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Obama, Capitol Hill Leaders Speak as One on Crisis

 
Last Thursday, as the Bush administration opened talks with Congress on a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate Democrats gathered for lunch in the Capitol to hear former Treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers urge them to hold firm in their push for more economic stimulus but to move quickly... (link)

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