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On the recordMay 26, 2021
Many of you were probably on shift 10 years ago during the Tea Party default crisis of 2011 when the Federal debt suffered a ratings downgrade that was caused when newly-elected Republicans threatened to default on the U.S. debt by blocking an adjustment of the debt limit.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Bill Foster recalls the 2011 debt crisis caused by Republican actions.

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