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Ben Bernanke: “I think using the debt limit as a bargaining chip is quite risky.”

On the recordMay 11, 2011
I think using the debt limit as a bargaining chip is quite risky.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke warns against using the debt limit for negotiations.

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