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Rand Paul: the debt ceiling should be used to enforce spending restraints, and he'll do everything he can to stop the current…

On the recordOctober 26, 2015
the debt ceiling should be used to enforce spending restraints, and he'll do everything he can to stop the current budget deal, including a filibuster.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul expresses his intention to use the debt ceiling as leverage against the current budget deal.

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