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On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
utilizing the debt ceiling statute as a sort of opportunity to take a policy ransom only harms our country.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Critique on using the debt ceiling for political leverage.

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