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On the recordSeptember 27, 2021
Well, Mitch McConnell has no shame. The reality is that the debt ceiling first and foremost is not a forward-looking vehicle where we are raising the debt ceiling, so we can acquire additional debt for things that we would work on into the future.
Said by
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries criticizes Mitch McConnell's stance on the debt ceiling, emphasizing that it is meant to address past debts primarily incurred during Trump's presidency.

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