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Eric Swalwell: “If he's going to, again, bring forward a bill that will lift America's debt ceiling and pay our bills... Democrats will…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2023
If he's going to, again, bring forward a bill that will lift America's debt ceiling and pay our bills... Democrats will work with him, but if he is just going to allow his conference to act as a law firm on behalf of Donald Trump, then no, it's going to collapse.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell outlines conditions under which he believes McCarthy can maintain his position.

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