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GOP Banking on Economy

  • By Ben Pershing
  • Roll Call Staff
  • May 8, 2006, Midnight

On Friday morning, the White House and Congressional Republican leaders sent out a flurry of press releases bragging about the latest economic news: 138,000 jobs were created in April, productivity is high, unemployment is low and consumer spending is on the rise.

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