If you vote for the expenditures, you ought to be at the same time voting for an extension of the debt ceiling.
Angus King: “If you vote for the expenditures, you ought to be at the same time voting for an extension of the debt ceiling.”
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King argues for linking spending votes to debt ceiling extensions.
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