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Sheldon Whitehouse: “If discussion of the debt and deficit is nothing more than a leverage point, a fulcrum to attack spending programs...”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
If discussion of the debt and deficit is nothing more than a leverage point, a fulcrum to attack spending programs...
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes using debt discussions to undermine social programs.

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