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Debt Ceiling Hostage Update

By Josh Marshall

January 6, 2023 2:36 p.m.

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Not surprising. But now that McCarthy is zeroing in on the speakership, it comes out: McCarthy agreed to back the Freedom Caucus on the next debt ceiling hostage crisis. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1611431014617780253?s=20&t=fd-YWlRat9HMZCooX3NIyg

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