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Jim McDermott: “What leverage do we have in terms of forcing the States to pay their debts to the Federal Government?”

On the recordApril 24, 2012
What leverage do we have in terms of forcing the States to pay their debts to the Federal Government?
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott questions the federal government's power over states' debts.

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