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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
This is a misnomer, that I believe that president and the Treasury Secretary have been trying to pass off on the American people. And it's this. That if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion that somehow the United States will go into default and we will lose the full faith and credit of the United States. That is simply not true.
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Michele Bachmann
Republican · Minnesota

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Michele Bachmann argues against the notion that failing to raise the debt ceiling will lead to a default.

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