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On the recordMarch 29, 2023
The debt ceiling is looming over the American economy, and Speaker McCarthy and the Republican Conference are holding the debt hostage right now.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett criticizes Republicans for using the debt ceiling as leverage.

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