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Mitch McConnell: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is sort of the lynchpin now, the Republican in the Senate, to cutting a…

On the recordJuly 28, 2011
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is sort of the lynchpin now, the Republican in the Senate, to cutting a deal, is insisting that the White House be present in any negotiations to raise the debt ceiling.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell insists on the White House's presence in negotiations regarding the debt ceiling.

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