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Claire McCaskill: I think there seems to be a little bit of disconnect around here, in that, for years the debt limit was something that…

On the recordJune 6, 2017
I think there seems to be a little bit of disconnect around here, in that, for years the debt limit was something that nobody wanted to raise.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill comments on the historical reluctance to raise the debt limit.

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