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Joe Walsh: “If you raise this debt ceiling and don't get serious about spending, in all likelihood you will get downgraded.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2011
If you raise this debt ceiling and don't get serious about spending, in all likelihood you will get downgraded.
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Joe Walsh
Illinois

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Walsh warns that raising the debt ceiling without addressing spending issues could lead to a credit downgrade.

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