Sentences with phrase «launched controversial programs»
By the end of the year, the Fed had reduced interest rates to near zero and had launched controversial programs, such as buying bonds to lower mortgage and other long - term rates to spur borrowing.
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Hanes was among a handful of Democrats who rankled some liberals in 2013 when they backed the GOP - launched Opportunity Scholarship Program, a controversial program of public vouchers that helps pay for low - income children to attend private schools, most of them with religious backgProgram, a controversial program of public vouchers that helps pay for low - income children to attend private schools, most of them with religious backgprogram of public vouchers that helps pay for low - income children to attend private schools, most of them with religious backgrounds.