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Jim Himes: “If you voted against raising the debt ceiling and preserving the full faith and credit of this country, you are not…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
If you voted against raising the debt ceiling and preserving the full faith and credit of this country, you are not serious.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes argues that opposing the debt ceiling increase shows a lack of seriousness about fiscal responsibility.

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