Braude Beat: Mass. lawmakers get a raise

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January 8, 2009

Braude Beat: Mass. lawmakers get a raise

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(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, President-Elect Obama makes his case for an economic recovery plan, Massachusetts lawmakers get a raise, and a kidney becomes the center of a divorce lawsuit.

Newsnight host Jim Braude comments on these topics and more.

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