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In an interview after a meeting of committee chairs, Cole said he prefers adding the debt limit to a bill that will avert a March 14 government shutdown.

Appropriations chair says he favors debt limit in March funding bill

House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said he wants Congress to raise the debt limit as part of the government funding bill in March, eschewing the preferred strategy of Speaker Mike Johnson.

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