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Charles Rangel: Why would any good-thinking, patriotic American who loves the country as well as we all do want to use the debt ceiling…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2013
Why would any good-thinking, patriotic American who loves the country as well as we all do want to use the debt ceiling as a vehicle to reduce spending rather than the other legislative opportunities we would have?
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel questions the rationale behind using the debt ceiling to cut spending.

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