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Ted Cruz: The vote would be a 51-vote threshold, which would mean-- and my friends on the Democratic side of the aisle have been…

On the recordMay 21, 2013
The vote would be a 51-vote threshold, which would mean-- and my friends on the Democratic side of the aisle have been very explicit that in their collective judgment the debt ceiling should be raised with no conditions. Given that----
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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May 21, 2013

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