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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
But here all of a sudden--and we do not know whether this is in Speaker Boehner's proposal or not because we have not seen the language--we have the possibility of actually achieving this as a resolution of this larger crisis in the next week.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins expresses uncertainty about the debt ceiling negotiations and potential resolutions.

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