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Joe Biden: “Let me be clear, raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. There`s nothing to do with new spending and what may be…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
Let me be clear, raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. There`s nothing to do with new spending and what may be coming this year or other years. It has nothing to do with my plans on infrastructure of building back better, both of which are paid for.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

President Biden clarifies that raising the debt limit is about paying existing debts, not new spending.

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