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Poll: Most Americans confused about the debt ceiling
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Oct 9, 2013
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Poll: Most Americans confused about the debt ceiling
Congress will vote next week on whether to raise the debt ceiling, but a new United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll finds that many Americans are confused about this concept.
U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (L) speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2013, following a press conference by US President Barack Obama (R) at the White House as the crisis over a U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff deepens on the 8th day of the shutdown.
US Speaker of the House John Boehner (L) speaks at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 8, 2013, following a press conference by US President Barack Obama (R) at the White House as the crisis over a US government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff deepens on the 8th day of the shutdown.
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Congress will vote next week on whether to raise the debt ceiling, but a new United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll finds that many Americans are confused about this concept.

Congress will vote next week on whether to raise the debt ceiling, but a new United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll finds that many Americans are confused about this concept. For more, we're joined by Shane Goldmacher of National Journal.