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Lloyd Doggett: “The direct cost of Republicans taking us right up to the brink on the debt... was over a billion dollars in increased…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2013
The direct cost of Republicans taking us right up to the brink on the debt... was over a billion dollars in increased interest costs.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett highlights the financial consequences of political brinkmanship regarding the debt ceiling.

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