Schumer: For economy, Fed is ‘only game in town’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An election-year budget standoff has immobilized Congress — and the Federal Reserve is the only government agency than can help the economy.

That was the view pushed Tuesday by a leading Democrat as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to the Senate Banking Committee.

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