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Jeff Merkley: “I think the President has full power within his inherent authority to simple declare the debt limit null and void.”

On the recordMay 17, 2023
I think the President has full power within his inherent authority to simple declare the debt limit null and void.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley asserts that the President can nullify the debt limit.

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