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On the recordFebruary 15, 2022
the one justification for keeping the debt ceiling... is that it is an effective extortion measure.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Hoyer critiques the debt ceiling as a tool for coercing policy changes.

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