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Maria Cantwell: “Last time we had this discussion about whether we were going to default or not, the stock market dropped 20 percent.”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
Last time we had this discussion about whether we were going to default or not, the stock market dropped 20 percent.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Cantwell recalls the significant market drop during previous default discussions.

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