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Jim McGovern: “I think it ought not to be used, as I think this Administration is contemplating using it, as a leverage.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
I think it ought not to be used, as I think this Administration is contemplating using it, as a leverage.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern warns against using the debt limit as a political tool.

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