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On the recordOctober 9, 2013
So would you agree that my analogy--blindfolded man walking toward a cliff, and we do not know exactly what date he will fall off...
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer compares the debt limit situation to a blindfolded man nearing a cliff.

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