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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “I am a freshman, and I have only been here a year, and I see this chart in between us. I am wondering, is this potential…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2006
I am a freshman, and I have only been here a year, and I see this chart in between us. I am wondering, is this potential increase in the debt limit unprecedented? Is it the first time it has happened? Just illuminate for me what the history of debt limit increases is, if there is one.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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