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Playing chicken with the debt limit

CQ Budget, Ep. 212

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talk with reporters on the debt ceiling on July 21, 2021.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talk with reporters on the debt ceiling on July 21, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

An upcoming decision on whether to raise or suspend the debt limit is shaping up to be one of the more challenging legislative lifts this year. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss what is likely to be a contentious fight between the two parties. 

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