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Friday, September 20, 2013

Hoyer Compares Debt Limit Fight to Hostage-Taking

September 17, 2013 - By Melanie Hunter

Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday used the act of hostage taking as a metaphor for the debt limit during a discussion on the upcoming fiscal battles in the House.
“Ronald Reagan agreed on that so that almost all the leaders and certainly every former Republican president believes that taking that hostage is a hostage you do not want to create,” Hoyer said explaining that it would be “dangerous” for Republicans not to extend the debt limit.....To Read More....

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