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Published 1/15/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has not been sworn in to his new job yet, but on Thursday he faced his first big political test when the Senate decides whether to block his request for the remaining $350 billion of financial bailout money.
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