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New Chapter? Obama Takes on Banks

Thursday, 01/21/2010 - 2:29 pm by Lynn Parramore | Post a Comment

Today, Obama came out with guns blazing on financial reform — taking a far different approach than he has to health care. Is this a new chapter?

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