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Don Bacon: “I think there's two or three things that we could take away from this. We had a reasonably good deal. And by the way…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2024
I think there's two or three things that we could take away from this. We had a reasonably good deal. And by the way, you're never going to get a debt ceiling increased or a CR passed without Democrats' support because we have about 30 Republicans that will not support that in a tight majority.
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Don Bacon
Republican · Nebraska

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Don Bacon discusses the necessity of bipartisan support for passing legislation related to the debt ceiling and continuing resolutions.

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