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Podcast: Georgia’s role in passage of new stimulus measure

This week in Georgia politics
March 12, 2021

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Following the passing and signing of the COVID-19 relief “American Rescue Plan,” host Greg Bluestein and AJC Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell discuss the $1.9 trillion stimulus measure, how the package came to be and Georgia’s role and impact in all of this.

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