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Maggie Hassan: “The idea of threatening of default all the time as if, and which is, by the way, the conversation in 2011 was one where…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
The idea of threatening of default all the time as if, and which is, by the way, the conversation in 2011 was one where there was no way to actually use extraordinary measures.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Hassan critiques the repeated threats of default in political discussions.

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