As this clash of opposing views takes place, the tough work of building a solid economic foundation gets delayed.

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He very much supports the creation of an infrastructure bank, which has bipartisan support, which would leverage very relatively minimal amount of taxpayer dollars to allow private companies to hire folks to rebuild our infrastructure, which in turn will help create a more solid foundation for economic growth and job creation.

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The economic team reports that our economy has a solid foundation, but that there are areas of real concern.

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