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Published 3/31/2009 by emilyes at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama made a strong pitch for his budget to House Democrats in a closed-door meeting on Monday night, arguing that the budget includes key components to turning around the ailing economy, according to several Democratic sources who took verbatim notes in the meeting. Emphasizing that voting for the measure also was [...] (link)

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