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Ted Cruz: If we went to a conference committee and it came back on reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling by $10 trillion, then…

On the recordMay 21, 2013
If we went to a conference committee and it came back on reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling by $10 trillion, then under reconciliation rules, 51 Senators--only the Democrats--could vote to do so, and the Republicans would be utterly silenced from participating in anything there. It may well be----
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Ted Cruz
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May 21, 2013

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