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On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
the hypocracy to me is just stunning; that within weeks we would make a policy decision to spend more than we are taking in, and then just a handful of days later essentially refuse to pay the bill.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy criticizes the contradiction in U.S. spending and debt obligations.

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