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George H.W. Bush: “Failure to enact a debt limit increase by that date would compress the time period for distributing those securities.”

On the recordJuly 31, 1990
Failure to enact a debt limit increase by that date would compress the time period for distributing those securities.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 5350 - Debt Limit Increase

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