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Rahm Emanuel

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

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Rahm Emanuel is pointing out that Franklin Delano Roosevelt did not get an economic law approved during his first 100 days in office. He contrasts this with his own claim that they have successfully passed the biggest Recovery Act ever in the country’s history.

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