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On the recordJuly 18, 2011
They can extend it 30 -- they can extend the debt ceiling for 30 days pending the outcome. I mean, they're Congress. There's a 1,001 options they have before you get to this horrific thing called default.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the options Congress has to avoid a default on the debt ceiling.

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