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On the recordSeptember 23, 2021
Well, that`s correct. And we need 60 votes to pass the debt ceiling. And quite honestly, Mitch McConnell has been here long enough. He knows the rules as well as anybody and better than most, that if we don`t get some Republican votes to do this, then the debt ceiling major fails, and it turns the economy upside down.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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msnbc.com

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Tester discusses the necessity of bipartisan support to raise the debt ceiling and criticizes McConnell's obstruction.

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