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This show is headed down your feed on June 5th, 2023, and I'm here to tell you congratulations.

Today was supposed to be the ex-state in Washington. The day the federal government would

hit the debt ceiling and run out of money to pay its bills. But last week Congress did something

it has trouble doing much at the time. It came to an agreement. Inside of seven days,

new spending legislation went from the negotiating table through the House,

over to the Senate, and then back to President Biden to be signed into law.

So, Pamela, we have a debt limit deal. It's flown through Congress. Are you celebrating?

So, I think I'm the whole yes. Right, because defaults, especially for vulnerable populations,

really would have been catastrophic economically. Pamela heard is a professor of public policy

at Georgetown University. The kind of person who reads the fine print when it comes to spending

agreements like this one. For the last few weeks, she has been particularly focused on one

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