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Drama Over Debt & Deadlines

CNN Political Briefing

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Mitch McConnell and the Democrats in the Senate Are Engaged in a Political Gamesmanship

If the united states america were to default for the first time in its history, it could be a cataclysmic economic event. The democrats are trying to call this bluff by attaching a hike in the debt ceiling to what is called this must pass spending legislation. Without it passing, the government shuts down. But that is the alternative.

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