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On the recordDecember 16, 2009
If there is anything I am certain of, I am certain that the regular order is not going to take on this burgeoning debt.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman expresses doubt about the regular legislative process addressing the national debt.

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