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Michael Bennet: “This Congress has put ourselves in this position where credit ratings are actually threatening our credit rating.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
This Congress has put ourselves in this position where credit ratings are actually threatening our credit rating.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet discusses Congress's role in jeopardizing the nation's credit rating.

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