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Elizabeth Warren: “The debt limit is not about future spending--it's about meeting obligations we've already made, like the bipartisan…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2021
The debt limit is not about future spending--it's about meeting obligations we've already made, like the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popular CARES Act.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren clarifies that the debt limit concerns existing obligations, not future spending.

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